Lot 66

HE DANSHAN (HE CHONG, CHINESE, 1807-1875)
CHINESE INK PAINTING OF A RECLUSE









Auction: Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179
Description
何丹山/何翀 竹林高隱圖 水墨設色絹本 扇頁 鏡框
款識:仿新羅山人筆意,丙子秋月作琴四兄大人正,丹山何翀
鈐印:丹山畫、一印漫漶不辨
ink and colour on silk, round fan leaf, depicting a scholar with lute reclining on a rock, signed Danshan and with two seals, framed
Dimensions
25.5cm diameter
Provenance
Acquired by Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937) through Tse Tsan-tai (1872-1938), Hong Kong, July 1911, for HK $15 with another painting by the same artist (Sir James Stewart Lockhart, Notebook, dated 1910-1921, p. 364, 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, An Exhibition of paintings by Chiang Yee and Ancient Fans, January/February 1936, catalogue no. 4;
Edinburgh, City Art Centre, An Ardent Collector, December 1982 / January 1983, catalogue no. 36, illustrated p. 12.
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.








