Lot 114

AFTER WU XIAOHE (WU LUQING, CHINESE)
TWO CHINESE FAN PAINTINGS, QING DYNASTY






Auction: Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179
Description
清 吳小荷/祿卿款 麻姑圖 水墨設色紙本 扇頁鏡框 及 蝶戀花圖 水墨設色紙本 扇頁鏡心 (共兩幅)
款識:(一)仿宋人筆意。小荷女史吳祿卿;(二)仿徐崇嗣筆法。小荷女史製
鈐印兩枚
both ink and colour on paper, one depicting butterflies with peach blossom, the other depicting the female deity Magu with deer and stork, with inscriptions, signatures and seals, fan-shaped album leaf, one framed (2)
Dimensions
width: 51.8cm and 53cm
Provenance
Acquired by Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937) from Tse Tsan-tai, 1911;
Gifted to his daughter, Mary Stewart Lockhart (1894-1985);
Presented by the above to George Watson’s College, Edinburgh in 1967;
Lent to the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh (2003-2025).
Exhibition:
For the ‘Female Deity Magu with Deer and Stork’ painting: Edinburgh, City Art Centre, An Ardent Collector, December 1982 / January 1983, catalogue no. 47
Footnote
Sold to Benefit George Watson's College, Edinburgh
捐助愛丁堡喬治沃森學院義賣
Special Note: An original exhibition catalogue of An Ardent Collector, Edinburgh, City Art Centre, December 1982- January 1983 is included together with this lot.





