Name: Auction: SONG SHUWU (SONG GUIFANG, CHINESE) AND AFTER YUE LOU (CHINESE) TWO CHINESE LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS, LATE 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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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一九零九年 宋樹五 山林歸隱圖 水墨設色紙本 立軸 及 月樓款 山水圖 水墨設色紙本 橫幅卷軸 （共兩幅）款識一：玉殿瓊樓金所銀鉤，總不如山谷清幽，蒲團紙帳瓦缽磁甌，却不知春不知夏不知秋，萬事俱休，名利都勾，高官駿馬，永絕追求，溪山作伴，雲月為儔，但樂清閒樂自在樂優遊。歲在屠維作噩原英小春月八日，仿麓臺大司農筆，▢於之眾指南戒煙閣東窗。樹五宋桂芳畫併題 鈐印一：皈依佛、心齋、守銘之印款識二：丁亥孟冬月樓寫 鈐印二：一枚不辨簽條書：宋樹五山林歸隱圖one ink and colour on paper, depicting the retreat of the solitary, by Song Shuwu (Guifang), with inscriptions, seals and signature, dated to 1909, hanging scroll; and one ink and colour on paper, depicting river landscape with houses and figures, after Yue Lou, with inscriptions, seal and signature, handscroll (2)

SONG SHUWU (SONG GUIFANG, CHINESE) AND AFTER YUE LOU (CHINESE)

TWO CHINESE LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS, LATE 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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