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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:                                    മ౤ᖯဏ
            (1864-1957)
                         Qi Huang.                                       ணЍॷ͉  ᗝ࣪
                         LITERATURE                                      ಛᗆm
                                                                         ᄁዺf
                         Han Mo 14, Special Study on Qi Baishi, Han Mo Xuan Publishing
                         Co. Ltd., March 1991, p.117                     ඕΙm˜ͣͩॽ™f
                                                                         ᔛΙm˜ᛓ߇৐™e˜අᓈ।ᶑ™f
                         PROVENANCE
                                                                         ഹ፽m
                         Collection of Hsiung Shih-i (1902-1991).        ”Τ࢕ጫኈ•ୋɤ̬ಂdᄁͣͩतණ€ጫኈ৐dɓɘɘɓϋɧ
                         Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Modern Chinese Paintings, 28 May 1980,   ˜dࠫ117
                         Lot 17.                                         Ը๕m
                         136 x 45 cm 53½ x 17¾ in.
                                                                         ဤόɓ€1902-1991ϗᔛ
                                                                         ࠰ಥᘽబˢdʕ਷ࣣ೥שርd1980ϋ5˜28˚dᇜ໮17
                         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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                         ᘪ௪௴፬૶ശࣣ৫d౳̈הᔛdՉʕੵɽɷeᄁͣͩe䔔Ⴗࠀe                           The present work was displayed in his study
                         ࢱేᒿe௩׬ͩഃˈၚf                                            ͉షᘔ׵Оᐌɻࣣג







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