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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION 亞洲私人收藏 (LOTS 1295-1299)

Beohar Rammanohar Sinha (1929-2007) was an
Indian artist who is best known for his illustrations
in the original final manuscript of the Constitution
of India. Between 1957 to 1959, Rammanohar
was sent by the Indian government to China as
a scholar and a cultural emissary. The objective
was to establish a direct cross-cultural and inter-
civilization bridge between the two historic nations.
In addition to the dissemination of Indian art there,
Rammanohar was to gain mastery in the best of
Chinese art from the great master Qi Baishi and his
contemporaries and followers. In 1957, Qi Baishi
introduced Rammanohar to Li Keran after which
they worked together for some time in the same
studio in Beijing.When Rammanohar moved out of
Beijing, several paintings were exchanged between
him and Li Keran, visible in the accompaning
photograph, including some that are air-drying (The
middle one, Lot 1299) and the ones stacked on the
table in the photography of 1957.

辛哈（1929-2007）是一位印度藝術家。他最
著名作品是為印度憲法手稿創作裝飾圖案。
在1957年至1959年期間，印度政府派遣辛哈作
為文化使者前往中國，目的是建立兩國文化
交流的橋樑。除了傳播印度藝術之外，辛哈
亦籍此機會向齊白石和其他著名藝術家學習
中國藝術。1957年，齊白石介紹辛哈與李可
染認識，他們之後在北京的同一個畫室裡工
作了一段時間。當辛哈離開北京時，他和李
可染互相交換多件作品，包括1957年照片中
正在風乾（見附圖中間作品，圖錄號1299）
和在桌子上的作品。

1295

1295 李可染 童戲蟋蜶 設色紙本 鏡框 一九五八年作
題識：可染畫贈辛哈同學。一九五八年，可染。
LI KERAN (1907-1989) 鈐印：可染

Buffalo and Two Boys Under Vine

Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
69 x 46 cm. (27 Ω x 18 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated 1958
Dedicated to Xinha (Beohar Rammanohar Sinha)

HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$110,000-150,000

Beohar Rammanohar
Sinha and Li Keran in his
studio, 1957
辛哈與李可染1957年在畫
室合照

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