Lot 93

LI SHAOJUN (CHINESE) AND LIN PEI (CHINESE)
TWO CHINESE INK PAINTINGS






Auction: Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179
Description
李紹均 松鷹圖 及 林培 葡萄藤蔓圖 水墨設色紙本 卷軸(共兩幅)
款識一:歲次壬子嘉年月寫,唵衡人指畫
鈐印一:兩枚不辨
款識二:影中寫彩墨之風,▢龍須裊裊枝▢短。▢大小▢▢交毠生▢,古不夜墨樵培
鈐印二:墨樵
one ink and muted colours on paper, depicting pine and eagles, dated to the year of Ren Zi, corresponding to 1852AD, with inscriptions, signature and seals; and one ink on paper, depicting fruiting vine, with signature and seal, both large horizontal handscrolls (2)
Dimensions
95cm x 179cm; 95cm x 180cm
Provenance
The ‘Pine and Eagles’ acquired by Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937) January 1913, for HK $10 (Sir James Stewart Lockhart, Notebook, dated 1910-1921, p. 136, NLS Acc. 12695/26c), the ‘Fruiting Vine’ acquired in January, 1913 for HK $8;
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:
For the ‘Pine and Eagles’: London, Betty Joel Gallery, Loan Exhibition of Chinese Imperial and Other Paintings, November 1937, catalogue no. 16;
Edinburgh, Talbot Rice Gallery, Paintings from the Stewart Lockhart Collection, 1971, no. 136.
Footnote
Sold to Benefit George Watson's College, Edinburgh
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