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ZHAO SHAO’ANG (1905-1998)
FLOWERS AND BEES

Scroll, mounted for framing, ink and colour on paper
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist, dated May of
1944.
39æ x 15æ in. (101 x 40 cm.)

£8,000-12,000 $11,000-15,000
€9,300-14,000

PROVENANCE

Gifted to Air Marshal Sir Lawrence Arthur Pattinson KBE, CB,
DSO, MC, DFC (1890-1955) by Marshal Teng Hsi-hou (b. 1889)
as a farewell gift upon his retirement in 1945. Air Marshal Sir
Lawrence was a highly decorated Royal Air Force oficer and the
head of the Head of the RAF Training Mission to the Chinese Air
Force. He was gifted various items by General Chiang Kai-shek,
including a lacquer vase in 1943 which is now in the Victoria and
Albert Museum in London, no. FE.82-1977, and a sword which
was presented at the same time as the current lot.

趙少昂 花卉蜜蜂 1944年 設色紙本

題識: 卅四年五月入居北溫泉聽松濤, 明窗淨几,不染織
塵,鳥語山光. 歸帆可數, 俗慮為之滌盡. 曉起焚香, 揮毫
染翰,亦人生樂事. 少昂

鈐印:少昂

來源：私人珍藏,英國皇家空軍元首LAWRENCE ARTHUR
PATTINSON爵士 (1890-1955) 舊藏, 為其1945年退休時
由鄧錫候元帥 (生於 1889年) 敬贈。LAWRENCE爵士獲
授勛無數，曾為英國皇家空軍派中國訓練計劃指揮官。

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