Name: Auction: SONG NIAN, LI YINGJIA AND XUE LUAN (CHINESE) GROUP OF THREE CHINESE CRANES AND LOTUS INK PAINTINGS, LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIOD
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 500 GBP
Availability: InStock

Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179

Asian Works of Art | Wed 11th March 2026 from 11.30am | Lots 180 to 346

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The Shanghai School of Chinese Paintings

The Shanghai School, also known as the "Haipai" or "Hupai," emerged in the mid-19th century. During this period, Shanghai opened as a treaty port and evolved into the economic and cultural centre of modern China.

The Collector Behind Brushes Across Empire: Sir James Stewart Lockhart

Chinese paintings, ceramics, and works of art from the collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart.

Welcome to our March 2026 Asian Works of Art auction, led by Brushes Across Empire: Works from the Collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858 - 1937) (Lots 1 - 179).&nbsp;Comprising approximately 180 lots of Chinese paintings, ceramics and works of art, the collection reflects the scholarly eye of Sir James Stewart Lockhart, who served in Hong Kong from 1879 and later as Commissioner of Weihaiwei. The sale is offered on behalf of, and to benefit, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gwc.org.uk/">George Watson’s College</a>, Edinburgh.The auction also features a private Glasgow collection of Chinese paintings and ceramics (Lots 186–196), a private English collection of Chinese bronzes and jades (Lots 208–225), Chinese jades from Homer Ling (Lots 227–229), a Perthshire collection of bronzes and wood carvings (Lots 238–246), snuff bottles from Prof. J. Gilbert and Cora MacAllister (Lots 267–281), west of Scotland and Renfrewshire collections of Chinese and Japanese works (Lots 302–305; 325–329) and a private UK collection of Southeast Asian art (Lots 343–346).

Browse a selection of lots from our upcoming sale.

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ft. Brushes Across Empire: Works from the Collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart

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清末民初 松年 松鶴圖 水墨設色絹本 卷軸、李英甲 松鶴圖&nbsp;水墨設色紙本 立軸 及 薛巒 荷塘圖 水墨設色絹本 立軸 (共三幅)&nbsp;款識一：松鶴延齡，壬寅九月仿新羅山人，▢一▢寫 鈐印一：小▢松年之印款識二：大富貴亦壽考，歲次丁已三月上浣畫於奈古軒祝駱大臣六旬榮慶。威海衛李英甲寫意 鈐印二：李英甲章、東瀛居士雲▢款識三：癸己▢月石城薛巒寫應▢老世長兄命 鈐印三：薛巒之印、兩彗▢簽條書：薛巒花卉一軸one ink and colour on silk, depicting stork and pine tree, by Song Nian, with inscriptions, seal and signature, dated to 1902, handscroll; one ink and colour on paper, depicting crane, by Li Yingjia, with inscriptions, seals and signature, dated to 1917, hanging scroll; and one ink and colour on silk, depicting lotus flowers and stork, by Xue Luan, with seals and signature, hanging scroll (3)

GROUP OF THREE CHINESE CRANES AND LOTUS INK PAINTINGS, LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIOD  

SONG NIAN, LI YINGJIA AND XUE LUAN (CHINESE)

GROUP OF THREE CHINESE CRANES AND LOTUS INK PAINTINGS, LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIOD

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