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LOTS 1281 — 1305
     PROPERTY OF EDWIN I-LI WONG AND MADAME WONG PAO PUI LI

             Mr. Edwin I-Li Wong and his wife,                                      1281
             Mrs.Wong Pao Pui Li

     Mr. Edwin I-Li Wong (1932-2009) was
     a successful entrepreneur and a lifelong
     supporter of the arts. Originally from
     Shanghai, Mr. Wong had a particularly
     keen eye and fondness for early 20th
     century painters from the regions of
     Shanghai and Jiangsu Province. He was
     an avid collector starting from the 1960s
     and was an accomplished calligrapher by
     his own right. Some of the collection
     was acquired directly from the artists
     during his travels to China with his wife
     Mrs. Wong Pao Pui Li (born 1944), an
     acclaimed soprano and beloved voice
     teacher.

     Four Chinese classical paintings and
     calligraphy will be sold in our saleroom
     on 30 November 2015 (Lots 984-987).

                                                1281

                                                GUAN LIANG (1900-1986)

                                                Offering Peaches

                                                Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
                                                68.5 x 46.5 cm. (27 x 18 º in.)
                                                Entitled, inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
                                                Dated winter, jiwei year (1979)
                                                Dedicated to Yizhi and Madame Beili

                                                PROVENANCE:                                                     US$13,000-19,000

                                                Acquired directly from the artist.

                                                HK$100,000-150,000

                                                1979

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