Lot 71
MIN YEONG-IK (LAN FUNONG, KOREAN, 1860-1914)
KOREAN INK PAINTING OF ORCHIDS
Auction: Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179
Description
閔泳翊/蘭阜農 蘭圖 水墨紙本 立軸
款識：千尋竹齋主人寫意
鈐印：藪石亭長
簽條書：千尋竹齋主人畫竹（墨水畫小中堂一幅）
ink on paper, signed and a seal of the artist on left margin, hanging scroll
Dimensions
136.5cm x 61cm
Provenance
Acquired by Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937);
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. 51;
Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Art Centre [Talbot Rice Gallery], Chinese Paintings, 15 March-14 April 1971, catalogue no. 1;
Edinburgh, City Art Centre, An Ardent Collector, December 1982/January 1983, catalogue no. 12.
Footnote
Min Yeong-ik was well known for his paintings of orchids and bamboo, but he was also a renowned politician, poet, and calligrapher. A comparable ink painting of orchids by Min, with a poem written by the Chinese calligrapher and painter Pu Hua (1832-1911), is in the National Museum of Korea, accession number Koo5216. Also see a bamboo ink painting, is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, object number TR:246-2022.
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.