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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD H.S. CHAO 趙浩生珍藏 (LOTS 37-38)

Born in Xixian, Henan province,
Howard HS Chao (1920-2012) was a
well known journalist in China and
Japan. After he moved to the United
States in 1952, taught Chinese at
Yale University and authored several
books and a syndicated news column.
Professor Chao’s keen interest in
paintings and calligraphy inspired
him to befriend artists and collect
their works when he met them in the
U.S. or during his travels to China.

趙浩生（1920-2012），生於河南省
息縣。是一位著名的記者，1952年移
居美國之後，曾任教于耶魯大學中文
部。 趙教授對中國書畫的濃厚興趣
使他在中美兩地結識了許多藝術家，
並收藏了他們的作品。

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QIAN MU (1895-1990)
Calligraphy

Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on
gold-fecked paper
23 Ω x 12 æ in. (59.6 x 32.5 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals
of the artist
Dated gengzi year (1960)
Dedicated to Haosheng (Professor
Howard H.S. Chao)

$3,000-6,000

PROVENANCE

Acquired directly from the artist in
New Haven, Connecticut.

錢穆 書法 水墨灑金紙 鏡框
一九六〇年作
題識：
雀鳴朝營食，鳩鳴暮覓群。
獨有知時鶴，雖鳴不緣身。
喑蟬終不鳴，有抱不列陳。
蛙黽鳴無謂，閤閤祗亂人。
庚子（1960年）來耶魯偶書韓文
公詩句,奉浩生先生補壁，錢穆。
鈐印：錢穆、未學齋
註：直接購自藝術家本人。

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