Page 24 - Fine Chinese Paintings, Nov 27 2017

FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
亞洲私人珍藏

LOTS 120-138

This important private collection of works includes 19 lots of classical and modern Chinese paintings. Carefully
assembled primarily during the late 1960s and early 1970s from artists and dealers across Hong Kong and
London, this collection is a testimony to the friendship between artists and patrons and the respect for traditional
Chinese art that the Chinese diaspora still holds. The collection accompanied its late owner to different corners of
the world, finally settling in Singapore, where it has remained for almost half a century. Being an extremely private
man, the collector never showed any of these works publicly. In offering the collection, the family hopes one can
appreciate the love and care that was devoted to the assemblage of the works.

此輯重要私人珍藏，涵十九件中國古代及近現代書畫，主要於上世紀六十年代末七十年代初悉心蒐集而成。彼時
藏家往來香港、倫敦兩地，與當地藝壇雅士與書畫商往還頻仍，不僅存留一段畫家與收藏家之間的雅緣佳話，亦
見證了海外華人對傳統書畫之推崇歷劫不衰。本輯珍藏曾隨藏家遷游四海，幾經輾轉，最終落腳星洲近半世紀。
藏家生性低調，所藏生前從未示人。如今其人駕鶴西遊，所謂欣於所遇，暫得於己，不外乎此。其家人冀透過本
次拍賣，令仝好分享他為此所傾注的心血與熱愛。

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CHEN JIRU (1558-1639)
Plum Blossoms
Ink on silk, hanging scroll
Inscribed and signed Chen Jiru, with two seals of the artist and three
collectors’ seals
Dated renshen year (1632)
89cm x 44.5cm (35in x 17½in).
HK$70,000 - 90,000
US$9,000 - 12,000
陳繼儒 墨梅 水墨絹本 立軸 一六三二年作
款識：鐵幹瓊花放，冰肌雪色香。壬申（1632）仲夏記，陳繼儒。
鈐印：陳繼儒印、眉公
藏印：樂琴書以消忧、偉立藏畫、梅谿寶翫
註：王偉立，王商一（1905-1972）胞弟，精鑑書畫，積聚甚豐，曾
經營畫廊經年。一九六〇年五月於香港花園道聖約翰禮拜堂舉辦《王
偉立藏畫展覽會》。此輯內另有羅聘畫亦曾為王偉立所藏，見編號
123。

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