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720
ZHOU LU
Calligraphy from Mengzi
Ink and pigment on paper; signed, with two
red seals of the artist; together with a related
hanging scroll, calligraphy, ink and pigment
on silver speckled paper.
The first: 130.5cm (51 1/2in) x 63cm (23
3/4in) (2).
£1,500 - 2,000
HK$15,000 - 20,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
Zhou Lu’s calligraphy reading:

富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武不能屈
fugui bu neng yin, pinjian buneng yi, weiwu
buneng qu

When rich, one should not be arrogant; when
poor, one should not change their moral
conduct; when under duress, one should not
swerve.

The second inscribed:

大英國欽命陞任香港移民局局長郵政司富大
人官帥勵士德政
Dà yīngguó qīn mìng shēngrèn xiānggǎng
yímín jú júzhǎng yóuzhèng sī fù dàrén guān
shuài lì shì dézhèng
Dated Sunday 1st October 1940

To congratulate the appointment of Director
720 (part lot) 721 of Immigration Department of Hong Kong
and Post Office by Great Britain.

前勵部下叁等英文書記黃績文鞠躬?頌並書
Qián lì bùxià sān děng yīngwén shūjì huáng
jīwén jūgōng? Sòng bìng shū
Gifted from former subordinate English
translator secretary Huang Jiwen.

721
ANONYMOUS
Calligraphy in Xingshu
Ink and pigment on paper; inscribed with a
red seal.
137cm (50in) x 61cm (24in)
£1,000 - 1,500
HK$9,800 - 15,000
CNY8,900 - 13,000

722
WU DEYI (D.1920); AND REN YI (BONIAN)
(1840–1896)
‘Lotus’ and ‘Parrot’
The first, ink and pigment on silk, a fan
painting, bearing signature, long inscription
and red seal; the second, ink and pigment on
paper, bearing title, date, signature and two
red seals, album leaf mounted onto silk; both
framed and glazed.
The second: 32cm (12 5/8in) x 47cm (18
1/2in) (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
HK$9,800 - 15,000
722 CNY8,900 - 13,000

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
246 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.