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PROPERTY FROM
THE ESTATE OF
GEORGE C.C. HO

LOTS 541 550 AND 686

541

541

Wu Changshuo 1844-1927 things early in life. His family was in the coal Ἦ㸸
business, and he branched into the shipping
PINE TREE business before leaving China in 1949 for 1966⸜岤㕤⊿Ṕ
the relative safety of Hong Kong. In 1959, he 䲸䲬喯⭴㭼炻䱦伶ᷕ⚳䌱☐ˣⶍ喅⑩ˣ丒
ink and color on paper, framed relocated his family to New York where he resided 䔓炻1983⸜2㚰25㖍炻㉵⑩䶐嘇29炻⢷㵝⿅
until his death at 98 in 2017. Mr. Ho amassed a 啷㚠䔓
signed Wu Changshuo, at the age of eighty sui,
dated guihai (1923), autumn, with two seals of the ne collection of Chinese paintings, calligraphy, ỽ⃮樍⃰䓇↢䓇㕤ᷕ⚳ᶲ㴟炻冒⸤⚃㴟䁢
artist, wu chang shi, shi ren zi shi jewelry, furniture and other objects of art. He ⭞炻啱㬌冒⬠ㆸㇵ炻᷎㕤㖑⸜➡梲↢ᾳṢ
69 by 138 cm. 27⅛ by 54⅜ in. had a deep appreciation of everything Chinese, 䘬揹岆⑩␛ˤ℞⭞㕷䴻䆇䄌䁕㤕炻Ṿ㈲⭞
especially old and classical pieces. His e orts in 㕷㤕⊁㉻⯽军凒忳㤕炻⼴㕤1949⸜暊攳ᷕ
EXHIBITED collecting began in Hong Kong and intensi ed ⚳ℏ⛘㉝忼楁㷗ˤ1959⸜炻Ṿ冱⭞䦣㮹军
after retirement through his association with 䲸䲬炻ᶨ䚜⯭㕤䔞⛘军2017⸜ẍḅ⋩ℓ㬚
Art Center of the City of Berlin-Wedding, experts at international auction houses. He 檀漉录ᶾˤ
September 3-October 7, 1974, and illustrated enjoyed the research and auction processes as
in the Catalogue, “Chinesische Malerei Der much as the acquisitions themselves. ỽ㮷䍵啷⊭伭ᷕ⚳㚠䔓ˣ䎈⮞ˣ⭞℟⍲℞
Gegenwatt”, no. 21 Ṿ喅埻䍵⑩ˤṾ朆ⷠ㫋岆ᷕ⚳喅埻㔯⊾炻
$ 70,000-90,000 ⯌℞㗗⎌吋㔯䈑ˤ℞㓞啷㬟䦳⥳㕤楁㷗炻
PROVENANCE 徨ẹ⼴Ṿ㈽㓦㚜⣂䱦≃忚埴岤啷炻冯⚳晃
⏛㖴䡑ġ䛇漵ġ姕刚䳁㛔ġ掉㟮 ㉵岋埴⮰⭞䧵㤝倗专ˤṾ⮵䞼䨞␴㉵岋忶
Acquired in Beijing, 1966 䦳䘬ṓ⍿ᷳね炻䚠䔞㕤Ṿ⮵㓞啷㛔幓䘬挦
Sotheby’s New York, Fine Chinese Jades, Works 㫦嬀烉䛇漵ˤ⤪ᨠ᷒ˣ⤪曺喌ˣ⤪⢥侭ᷳ ッˤ
of Art and Paintings, February 25, 1983, lot 29, 䚠ˣ⤪䨢Ⱉᷳ₏ˤ䘠ṍ炷1923炸䥳炻⏛㖴䡑
Property of the Collection of Xia Hansi, Germany ⸜ℓ⋩ˤ憸⌘烉⏛㖴䞛ˣ䞛Ṣ⫸⭌

Born in Shanghai, China, George C. C. Ho ⯽奥
educated himself as a young man by traveling
extensively and acquired a taste for the ner 㝷㜿⦩ᶩ喅埻ᷕ⽫炻1974⸜9㚰3㖍Į10㚰7㖍

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