Lot 42

AFTER ZHAO CHANG (CHINESE, 959-1016)
CHINESE INK PAINTING OF A WHITE EAGLE ON PERCH





Auction: Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179
Description
趙昌款 蒼鷹圖 水墨設色絹本 立軸
款識:淳化二年圖畫▢藝學,臣趙昌恭繪
畫內鈐印一:趙昌▢▢,二枚不辨
籤條書:趙昌 蒼鷹圖 立軸
ink and colour on silk, in a southern Tang style, with signature and seals, hanging scroll
Dimensions
128cm x 55.5cm
Provenance
Acquired by Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937) through Tse Tsan-tai (1872-1938), Hong Kong, December 1911, for HK $60 (Sir James Stewart Lockhart, Notebook, dated 1910-1921, p. 3, 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. 1;
London, Betty Joel Gallery, Loan Exhibition of Chinese Imperial and Other Paintings, November 1937, catalogue no. 2;
Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Art Centre [Talbot Rice Gallery], Chinese Paintings, 15 March-14 April 1971, catalogue no. 8.
Footnote
Sold to Benefit George Watson's College, Edinburgh
捐助愛丁堡喬治沃森學院義賣




