Lot 29

AFTER CUI BAI (CHINESE, AC. NORTHEN SONG DYNASTY)
CHINESE INK PAINTING OF PARROT, FLOWERS AND ROCK





Auction: Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179
Description
崔白款 花鳥圖 水墨設色絹本 立軸
款識:雍熙三年冬月,崔白製
鈐印:崔白
ink and colour on silk, with seal and signature, dated to the third Yong Xi year, corresponding to 986AD, hanging scroll
Dimensions
177.5cm x 47cm
Provenance
Acquired by Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937) through Tse Tsan-tai (1872-1938), Hong Kong, May 1913 for HK $60 (Sir James Stewart Lockhart, Notebook, dated 1910-1921, p. 11, 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. 15;
Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Art Centre [Talbot Rice Gallery], Chinese Paintings, 15 March-14 April 1971, catalogue no. 6.
Footnote
Sold to Benefit George Watson's College, Edinburgh
捐助愛丁堡喬治沃森學院義賣




