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ᄁ QI BAISHI (1864-1957)
ͣ Bodhidharma Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
ͩ ink and colour on paper, framed
signed, with 1 seal of the artist and 2 collector's seals
Inscription: മᖯဏ
(1864-1957)
Qi Huang. ணЍॷ͉ ᗝ࣪
LITERATURE ಛᗆm
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Han Mo 14, Special Study on Qi Baishi, Han Mo Xuan Publishing
Co. Ltd., March 1991, p.117 ඕΙmͣͩॽf
ᔛΙmᛓ߇eඅᓈ।ᶑf
PROVENANCE
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Collection of Hsiung Shih-i (1902-1991). Τጫኈୋɤ̬ಂdᄁͣͩतණጫኈdɓɘɘɓϋɧ
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Modern Chinese Paintings, 28 May 1980, ˜dࠫ117
Lot 17. Ը๕m
136 x 45 cm 53½ x 17¾ in.
ဤόɓ1902-1991ϗᔛ
࠰ಥᘽబˢdʕࣣשርd1980ϋ5˜28˚dᇜ17
HK$ 3,500,000-5,000,000
US$ 447,000-640,000
The painting was formerly in the collection of Hsiung Shih-i(Xiong
Shiyi). Born in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, Hsiung was a celebrated
dramatist, educator, and translator. Regarded by Xu Zhimo as “the
leading Chinese scholar of English drama”, he translated many
important works of English literature. In 1932, Hsiung travelled to
England and wrote a new play in English based on the Chinese story
Wang Baochuan, which held the record of running for nine hundred
nights in three consecutive years in London. Before settling in Hong
Kong in the late 1950s, he had taught at various institutions including
the University of Cambridge, University of London, University of
Hawai’i in the United States, and Nanyang University in Singapore.
Hsiung maintained close contact with the painting and calligraphy
circles at the time. His rich personal collection, largely comprised of
gifts, attests to his relationship with the cultural figures. In the 1960s,
in order to fund the establishment of Tsing Hua College, he sold his
collection which included masterpieces by Zhang Daqian, Qi Baishi,
Huang Binhong, Xu Beihong, and Fu Baoshi.
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ᙇəɽඎߵ˖ΤഹdࢱқᅙᚑމʕӺߵᏕᄌୋɓɛf
ɓɘɧɚϋГನߵࡐdਗ਼ˮᘒ்݂ԫᇜމߵ˖ႀ̨ᄌdίࡐ
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ဤˤၾࣣᖵ˖ޢʹֻ᎖dᐏᗍხྫdϗᔛޟᔮfʬɤϋ˾މ
ᘪ௪௴፬ശࣣ৫d̈הᔛdՉʕੵɽɷeᄁͣͩe䔔Ⴗࠀe The present work was displayed in his study
ࢱేᒿe௩ͩഃˈၚf ͉షᘔОᐌɻࣣג
162 I FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING ༉းྡʫ࢙ሗᓭᚎ SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1292 THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG I 163