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ZHANG XUELIANG (1901-2001)
Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on paper
Each scroll measures 124.2 x 29.3 cm.
(48 √ x 11 Ω in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
PROVENANCE:
Christie’s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Modern
Paintings, 30 November 2010,
Lot 2714.
Previously in the collection of Wang Shuchang.
NOTE:
A native of Liaoning, Wang Shuchang was
chosen by the Viceroy of Three Northeast
Provinces, Xu Shichang, to study at the Imperial
Japanese Army Academy. By chance he met
Chiang Kai-shek and Chang Ch'un during his
voyage to Japan. Upon graduating in 1910 he
returned to China and took part in the Xinhai
revolution. In 1915 he was once again selected
by the First President of the Republic of China,
Yuan Shikai, to take part in military training
in Japan and did not return until 1919. From
1921 onwards Wang played a significant role
in the North-Eastern Army in the Huanggutun
Incident of 1928-Zhang Zuolin was bombed
to death and Zhang Xueliang was recruited
as acting commander in chief and operational
commander for the army, leading armies from
1930 onwards and taking the position Chairman
of Hebei province. In 1930 Wang often led
armies into revolt. Having fought and travelled all
over China, including Henan, Wuhan and Hong
Kong, Wong finally settled in Bejing in 1949.
HK$400,000-600,000
US$52,000-78,000

張學良 行書七言聯 水墨紙本
立軸兩幅
釋文： 雲霞詞彩珪璋度，川岳精神松桂身。
款識：張學良書。
鈐印：張學良印
來源： 香港佳士得，中國近現代畫，
2010年11月30日，編號2714。
王樹常先生舊藏。
註：舊藏者王樹常，字庭五，遼寧省遼中縣人。
早年入日本士官學校深造，在去日本船上認識蔣
介石和張群。1910年畢業回國，參加辛亥革命，
後又被袁世凱派送日本陸軍大學培訓。1921年
起，王樹常長期在奉軍任職，成為東北軍重要人
物；1928年皇姑屯事件，張作霖被炸死，張學良
入主東北軍，他擔任軍令廳長，成為東北軍的指
揮核心。1930年王樹常率軍入關，出任京津衛戌
司令、河北省主席。抗戰時輾轉於河南、武漢、
香港等地。1949年後，閒居北京。
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