Lot 117
SIGNED XI TANG (CHINESE)
SET OF FOUR CHINESE STUDIES OF BAMBOO
Auction: Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179
Description
西塘款 竹石圖 水墨紙本 立軸 四條屏
款識：（一） …古不夜西塘； （二） …西塘林春泉；（三）…春▢；（四） …歲次丁酉秋即倣孫柱筆法，古不夜西塘
鈐印 ：（一至四）知足、西、塘
ink on paper, with inscriptions, seals and signatures, dated to the Ding You year, a set of four hanging scrolls (4)
Dimensions
177.5cm x 43.5cm each
Provenance
Acquired by Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937) in Wendeng District, Shandong Province, January 1913 for HK $5 (Sir James Stewart Lockhart, Notebook, dated 1910-1921, p. 136, NLS Acc. 12695/26c);
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:
London, Betty Joel Gallery, Chinese Paintings from the Collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart, 18 June-18 July 1927, catalogue no. 52.
Edinburgh, City Art Centre, An Ardent Collector, December 1982 / January 1983, catalogue nos. 59-62.Shiona Airlie, Thistle and Bamboo, The Life and Times of Sir James Stewart Lockhart, Hong Kong University Press, 2010 (revised edition), one from the set illustrated, p. 19.
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.