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FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF DR K S LO 羅桂祥博士舊藏中國書畫 (LOTS 852-857)

This group of six works was once in the collection of Dr. K S 此六件作品乃羅桂祥博士（1910-1995）舊藏。羅博士出
Lo (1910-1995). Born in Mei County, San Xiang Village, Dr. 生於梅縣三鄉鎮寨上村，1934 年畢業於香港大學。1936 年
Lo graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1934. On 底羅氏到上海開會，偶然出席由美國派駐中國的商務參贊
an occasion in Shanghai for business in 1936, he attended a talk 雅諾氏的“大豆 — 中國之牛”公開演講，遂萌生“實業救
entitled Soya Bean: The Cow of China, which inspired him to 國”的理想，旨在為普羅大眾提供一種價廉而高蛋白質的
produce a nutritious family drink that was affordable to the general 豆奶營養飲品為國民強身健體，他認為由大豆製成的豆奶，
public. This gave birth to Vitasoy, which has become a household 可成為牛奶替代品，因此研製出維他奶，羅博士在 1940 年
brand in Hong Kong and Asia. 創立香港荳品有限公司，即維他奶國際集團有限公司的前
身，自此，其後業務發展迅速擴張，成為香港以至亞洲地
Dr. Lo’s passion for business and love for his people also extended 區最知名家傳戶曉的品牌之一。
to his passion for studying and collecting Chinese art. In the realms
of Chinese classical paintings he focused in collecting works of the 羅博士不但擁有卓越的商業成就，亦熱愛研習和收藏中國
Ming and Qing period, like Chen Zun’s Crested Myna (Lot 852), 藝術。古代書畫方面他主力收藏明清作品，如陳遵《鴝鵒
Zha Shibao’s Landscape after Yuan Masters (Lot 855), and Shitao’s 圖》（拍品編號 852）、查士標《橅元人山水圖》（拍品
Pine and Rock (Lot 856). These three paintings were recorded in 編號 855）及石濤《松風泉石圖》（拍品編號 856）。此三
the Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Paintings: Second 幅佳作均錄於東京大學出版會 1998 年出版的《中國繪畫總
Series published by the University of Tokyo Press in 1998. 合圖錄續編第二卷》。

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CHEN ZUN (16TH-17TH CENTURY)
Crested Myna
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk
36.2 x 30 cm. (14 º x 11 Æ in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
One collector’s seal of Li Weiluo (b.1929)
Titleslip by Li Weiluo, with two seals
PROVENANCE:
Dr. K S Lo Collection.
LITERATURE:
Teisuke Toda and Hiromitsu Ogawa ed., Comprehensive Illustrated
Catalogue of Chinese Paintings: Second Series Vol. 2 Asian and European
Collections, University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, 15 November 1998,
pp. II-162 and II-399, pl. S35-003.
HK$20,000-30,000 US$2,600-3,900

明 陳遵 鴝鵒圖 設色絹本 立軸
款識：吳郡陳遵戲寫。
鈐印： 陳遵之印、寶墨齋
李維洛（1929 年生）藏印：李維洛藏
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李維洛題簽： 明陳遵鴝鵒圖真跡。一九七一年重裝。
鈐印： 李、維洛

來源： 羅桂祥博士珍藏。
出版： 戶田禎佑、小川裕充編，《中國繪畫總合圖錄續編第二卷：亞
洲及歐洲篇》，東京大學出版會，東京，1998 年 11 月 15 日，
第 II-162、II-399 頁，圖版 S35-003。

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