Page 129 - Christie's London May 14, 2019 Chinese Works of Art

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH
COLLECTION
174
GUAN NIANCI (D. 1909)
ZHOU JIAXIANG (FL. CA. EARLY
20TH CENTURY)
Immortal amid Clouds in a Landscape
Immortal Casting Flowers
Inscribed and signed with two seals of the
artist
Inscribed, signed and dated yichou year
(1926), with two seals of the artist
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour
on silk
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour
on paper
36¼. x 15½. in. (92 x 39.5 cm.)
37⅞. x 15¼. in. (96 x 38.6 cm.) (2)
£5,000-8,000 US$6,600-10,000
€5,900-9,300
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Asia between 1956 and 1958, and
thence by descent within the family.

These paintings belonged to the owner's
mother, who lived in Beijing from May 1956
to June 1958 when her husband worked at
the British Embassy in China. She collected
a small but signifcant group of Chinese
paintings during her time in Asia. Previous
lots from this collection include a work by Qi
Baishi (1863-1957), sold in Christie's Hong
Kong, 26 November 2012, lot 1144, and
a collaborative painting by Wang Xuetao
(1903-1984) and Yu Fei'an(1888-1959), sold
Christie's Hong Kong 28 May 2013, lot 1290.

管念慈 仙女 設色絹本 鏡框 此畫原屬現藏家母親，她於1956年5
月至1958年6月，跟隨被派駐英國駐
周嘉祥 散花仙女 設色紙本 鏡框
1925年作 中國領使館工作的丈夫居於北京。其
收藏數量不多，但品質俱精彩。來自
此收藏的兩幅畫作已於香港佳士得
款識臣管念慈恭繪。 拍賣中釋出：齊白石《草蟲、牽牛、玉
米》，2012年12月26號，拍品1144號；
鈐印：念、慈 王雪濤與于非闇合筆《芳草游豬》
，2013年5月28號，拍品1290號。

乙丑（1925年）春日海上子西周嘉祥
畫於春靄書屋。
鈐印：子西、周

來源：英國私人珍藏, 於1956至1958
年間購自亞洲 ，家傳至今。

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