Lot 35

AFTER XIA GUI (CHINESE, CA. 1180-1230)
CHINESE INK PAINTING OF LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES





Auction: Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179
Description
夏珪款 山水圖 水墨設色絹本 立軸
款識:小樓寂寂俯谿流,落盡林花雨下收▢,響石▢群鳥鬧柳,▢知有客停舟,丁未秋九月,石門宋旭題。端平二年,夏珪作
鈐印兩枚不辨
ink and light colour on silk, with inscriptions, signatures and seals, dated to the second year of Duan Ping, corresponding to 1235AD, hanging scroll
Dimensions
155.5cm x 82cm
Provenance
Acquired by Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937) through Tse Tsan-tai (1872-1938), Hong Kong, February 1913, for HK $140 (Sir James Stewart Lockhart, Notebook, dated 1910-1921, p. 7, 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. 7;
London, Betty Joel Gallery, Loan Exhibition of Chinese Imperial and Other Paintings, November 1937, catalogue no. 8;
Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Art Centre [Talbot Rice Gallery], Chinese Paintings, 15 March-14 April 1971, catalogue no. 25.
Footnote
Sold to Benefit George Watson's College, Edinburgh
捐助愛丁堡喬治沃森學院義賣




