Lot 21

AFTER XU DAONING (CHINESE, 970-1052)
TWO CHINESE INK PAINTINGS OF LANDSCAPE







Auction: Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179
Description
許道甯款 山水圖 水墨設色絹本 立軸(兩幅)
款識:萬木奇峰。元祐三年八月河問許道甯制
鈐印一枚不辨
款識:塵外元談。河問許道寧筆
鈐印一枚不辨
both ink and colour on silk, with inscriptions, seals and signatures, hanging scrolls (2)
Dimensions
164cm x 40cm; 162cm x 40.5cm
Provenance
Both acquired by Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937) through Tse Tsan-tai (1872-1938), Hong Kong, November 1912, each for HK $100 (Sir James Stewart Lockhart, Notebook, dated 1910-1921, p. 7 and 367, 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. 9 and 8;
London, Betty Joel Gallery, Loan Exhibition of Chinese Imperial and Other Paintings, November 1937, catalogue no. 90 and 10.
Footnote
Sold to Benefit George Watson's College, Edinburgh
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