Name: Auction: YU SHUJUN (CHINESE) FOUR CHINESE BIRD AND FLOWER SUBJECTS
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 300 GBP
Availability: InStock

Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179

Asian Works of Art | Wed 11th March 2026 from 11.30am | Lots 180 to 346

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The Shanghai School of Chinese Paintings

The Shanghai School, also known as the "Haipai" or "Hupai," emerged in the mid-19th century. During this period, Shanghai opened as a treaty port and evolved into the economic and cultural centre of modern China.

The Collector Behind Brushes Across Empire: Sir James Stewart Lockhart

Chinese paintings, ceramics, and works of art from the collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart.

Welcome to our March 2026 Asian Works of Art auction, led by Brushes Across Empire: Works from the Collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858 - 1937) (Lots 1 - 179).&nbsp;Comprising approximately 180 lots of Chinese paintings, ceramics and works of art, the collection reflects the scholarly eye of Sir James Stewart Lockhart, who served in Hong Kong from 1879 and later as Commissioner of Weihaiwei. The sale is offered on behalf of, and to benefit, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gwc.org.uk/">George Watson’s College</a>, Edinburgh.The auction also features a private Glasgow collection of Chinese paintings and ceramics (Lots 186–196), a private English collection of Chinese bronzes and jades (Lots 208–225), Chinese jades from Homer Ling (Lots 227–229), a Perthshire collection of bronzes and wood carvings (Lots 238–246), snuff bottles from Prof. J. Gilbert and Cora McAllister (Lots 267–281), west of Scotland and Renfrewshire collections of Chinese and Japanese works (Lots 302–305; 325–329) and a private UK collection of Southeast Asian art (Lots 343–346).

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ft. Brushes Across Empire: Works from the Collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart

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于書俊 花鳥圖 水墨設色紙本 立軸雙挖（共四幅） &nbsp;&nbsp;款識一：歲次戊申荷月與澣畫於修竹齋，書俊秀 鈐印一：嘉▢、書俊、俊秀款識二：歲在重光協治菊月畫於墨林齋，俊秀 鈐印二：酒中仙、▢嘉、書俊款識三：歲在著雍涒灘春月下浣畫並題，于書俊 鈐印三：酒中仙、▢嘉、書俊款識四：歲次柔▢，敦样清和月上浣題，吉堂氏 鈐印四：酒中仙、▢嘉、書俊ink and bright colour on paper, with inscriptions, seals and signature, dated to 1906; 1908;&nbsp;1871, mounted in pairs two hanging scrolls (4)

YU SHUJUN (CHINESE)

FOUR CHINESE BIRD AND FLOWER SUBJECTS

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