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SOLD ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE LADY BIRTHE CRADOCK (1928-2016)
WIDOW OF SIR PERCY CRADOCK (1923-2010) TO BENEFIT ST JOHN’S COLLEGE,
CAMBRIDGE, LOTS 38, 59-60, AND LOTS 81-86

Christie’s are proud to present a selection of paintings and works
of art which belonged to the late Sir Percy and Lady Cradock. They
collected these mostly during Sir Percy’s diplomatic postings in China,
both during his early postings in Peking in the 1960s and when he later
returned as British Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China from
1978 to 1983.

Sir Percy went on to serve as Foreign Policy Adviser to Prime Ministers
Margaret Thatcher and John Major; and, in his long and distinguished
career in public life, is perhaps best known for his role as chief British
negotiator in the drafting of the 1984 Sino-British Agreement under
which Hong Kong was handed back to China in 1997.

佳士得榮幸呈獻已故柯利達爵士伉儷珍藏之中國書畫及工藝精品. 柯利達爵士曾
於六十年代駐北京並於1978-83年間出任英國駐華大使, 其大部分藏品於此期間購
自北京.柯利達爵士於英國首相撒其爾夫人及馬卓安爵士任內擔任外交顧問，他在
香港回歸談判中的角色更是舉足輕重,影響深遠.

The late Sir Percy Cradock (1923-2010) 81

81 PU RU (1896-1963)
MONKEY
82
Fan leaf, mounted and framed, ink and colour on
silk
Signed with one seal of the artist. Dated the eighth
month of wuyin year (1938)
11 x 12 in. (28 x 30.5 cm.)

£5,000-8,000 $6,300-10,000
€5,800-9,200

PROVENANCE

Acquired in Beijing, 18th January 1969

溥儒 猿戲圖 1938年 鏡心 設色絹本
題識: 戊寅八月, 心畬
鈐印:舊王孫
來源: 英國外交官柯利達爵士伉儷珍藏, 於
1969年1月18日購自北京