ZHANG DANNONG (CHINESE b.1903-d.1975)
WEST TAIHUA MOUNTAIN, DATED 1932 AND 1952
£750
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
一九三二年畫 張丹農 太華西峰圖水墨掛軸 紙本設色
ink and watercolour on paper, scroll, inscribed to the lower right with a poem describing the landscape of West Taihua Mountain, dated August in the year of Ren Shen (corresponds to 1932), signed and stamped, left top with: 'In memory of the Duke and Duchess of Kent's visit to Malaya, gifted in September 1952 in Xing Zhou (now Singapore)', signed and stamped
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Provenance: Private Scottish collection
Note: According to the inscription, the Duke and Duchess of Kent referred to would be Prince George, Duke of Kent (1906 - 1968) and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906-1968), recorded visited Sarawak (then a British Crown Colony) in 1952, where she laid the foundation stone of the Cathedral of St. Thomas in Kuching.
