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LOTS 1190 — 1197
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LIM SOO MUN J.P.
Lin Siman (Lim Soo Mun, born 1936) is a Malaysian collector, painter and calligrapher.
Born in Thailand, he later moved to Penang, Malaysia when he was 13. He has been
the deputy president of the Penang Art Society for decades. Having studied painting
under Liu Fengyuan, Yang Mansheng and Chen Wen Hsi, he is an avid and noted
collector of Chinese paintings.
1190 US$520,000-650,000
XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
Zhong Kui
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
101.5 x 58 cm. (40 x 22 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated summer, twenty-eighth year (of the Republic, 1939)
One collector’s seal of Huang Manshi (1890-1963)
PROVENANCE:
Previously in the collection of Huang Manshi (1890-1963).
HK$4,000,000-5,000,000
1939
1890-1963
1890-1963
