Lot 41
XU XIAOBAN (CHINESE, B. 1791)
TWO CHINESE INK PAINTINGS OF BAMBOO
Auction: Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179
Description
徐小班 墨竹圖 水墨紙本 立軸（兩幅）
款識一：歲次己酉之年，寫於惜▢書室。徐小班
款識二：歲在▢▢▢灘嘉平月題。徐小班
鈐印（一及二）：臣徐超印、小班
both ink on paper, inscribed, signed and a seal of the artist on left margin, hanging scrolls (2)
Dimensions
149cm x 75.5cm; 81.5cm x 43cm
Provenance
One acquired by Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937) from a resident of Lincun, Wendeng District, Shandong Province, November 1912 for HK £15, (Sir James Stewart Lockhart, Notebook, dated 1910-1921, p. 365, NLS Acc. 12695/26c); The other with extra inscriptions was Presented to Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937) by the writer Wang Ho Ching, 1913;
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:
For both: London, Betty Joel Gallery, Chinese Paintings from the Collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart, 18 June-18 July 1927, catalogue nos. 49 and 45;
Only for the larger ‘Bamboo’ painting: Edinburgh, City Art Centre, An Ardent Collector, December 1982 / January 1983, catalogue no. 57.
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.