Name: Auction: WANG WENZHI (CHINESE, 1730-1802) CHINESE INK CALLIGRAPHY COUPLET
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 2000 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).

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ft. Brushes Across Empire: Works from the Collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart

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王文治 行書七言聯 水墨紙本 立軸（兩幅）款識：玉杯泛露譚三雅，繡幄圍香讀六朝。乾隆甲寅陽生之月。夢樓王文治 鈐印：秋葉山房、王文治印、曾經滄海ink on paper, written in semi-running script, one right margin dated to the Jia Yin year of the Qianlong reign, corresponding to 1794AD, one seal of the artist, the other's left margin signed and two seals of the artist, hanging scrolls (2)

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