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Qi Baishi (1863-1957)
Hen and Six Chicks, dated to the Gengchen year, corresponding to
1940
Ink and colour on paper, inscribed and sealed at the right side.
68.5cm x 35cm (27in x 13 4/5in)
£15,000 - 20,000
HK$190,000 - 250,000 CNY150,000 - 200,000
齊白石(1863-1957) 子母雞 設色紙本 立軸 1940年作
款識：貝雅懷先生雅房庚辰夏白石山人齊潢畫
鈴印：齊大
Provenance: an English private collection, by repute acquired by the
grandfather of the present owner in Tianjin in the mid 20th century.
來源：英國私人收藏，據說現藏家的祖父於二十世紀中期購於天津
The inscription may be translated as:
[For] Mr Bei Yahuai’s elegant room, painted by Baishi hermit Qi
Huang in the summer of the Gengchen year (1940)
The seal mark reads Qi da.
This masterful painting of a hen and six chicks was executed by Qi
Baishi in the summer of 1940, when the artist was 77 years old. The
painting attests to Qi’s mastery of ink and his superb and meticulous
skill to create varying strengths and intensities by the use of dry and
wet ink.

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