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QI BAISHI (1863-1957)
Grapes
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
134.7 x 33.2 cm. (53 x 13 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-91,000
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QI BAISHI (1863-1957)
Blue Frog Beneath Reeds
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
85 x 28 cm. (33 x 11 in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist
LITERATURE:
Paintings by Qi Baishi, Volume II, People’s Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing,
December 2003, p.113.
HK$450,000-550,000 US$59,000-71,000
2003 12 113
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QI BAISHI (1863-1957)
Crow on Pine
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
90.1 x 40.8 cm. (35 x 16 in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist
One collector’s seal
PROVENANCE:
Formerly in the Sekkodo Collection, an important Japanese Collection of Qi Baishi works.
NOTE: 1230
This painting was previously in the Sekkodo collection. Founded in 1963 by Saionji Kinkazu 1963
(1906-1993), he named his company after his wife, Saionji Yukie. In 1955, he served as Secretary
of the World Peace Council in Vienna, during which he visited China and was nominated as a
citizen diplomat. His family later moved to Beijing as he became a member of the Sino-Japanese
Cultural Exchange Association, meeting prominent politicians including Zhou Enlai.
HK$600,000-800,000 US$78,000-100,000
1906-1993
1955
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