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ZHAO SHAO’ANG (1905-1998)
Mount Wu
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
129 x 47 cm. (50 Æ x 18 Ω in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated winter solstice, thirty-sixth year (of the Republic, 1947)
Further inscribed and signed by the artist on the mounting, with
one seal
Dated second month, renshen year (1992)
One collector’s seal of Yang Shanshen (1913-2004) and one other
collector’s seal
PROVENANCE:
Christie’s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Modern Paintings,
26 November 2012, Lot 1183.
Collection of Tathata Gallery.
NOTE:
The collector’s seal belonged to renowned Hong Kong
businessman Li Shiyou (Jack Lee, 1916-2015). Born in Taishan,
Guangdong, Li travelled overseas at a young age and settled in the
United States in 1953, with business interest in Hong Kong. Apart
from his passion in collecting art, Li was also known as a master
Chinese chess player. He was the president of the Hong Kong
Chinese Chess Association.

HK$700,000-900,000 US$91,000-120,000
趙少昂 巫山十二峰 設色紙本 立軸 一九四七年作
題識： 卅六年（1947）冬至，少昂寫巫山十二峰。
鈐印：少昂
畫家又題裱邊： 舊遊三峽得此景色。
壬申（1992年）二月，少昂重題。
鈐印：趙
鑑藏印：善深過目、李氏時佑鑒藏
來源： 香港佳士得，中國近現代畫，2012年11月26日，編號1183；
真如居收藏。
註：鑑藏印屬香港商界人士李時佑先生（1916-2015），他出生
於廣東台山，年輕時闖蕩於海內外，1953年定居美國，晚年回到
香港。除愛好藝術收藏外，他亦是象棋高手，長期擔任香港象棋
總會會長。

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