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Lot 802
03.12.2022 10:30UTC +08:00
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HKD 4 158 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationHong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 862850
Lot 802 | ANONYMOUS (8TH-9TH CENTURY)ANONYMOUS (8TH-9TH CENTURY)
Estimate value
HKD 200 000 – 300 000
ANONYMOUS (8TH-9TH CENTURY)ANONYMOUS (8TH-9TH CENTURY)

Mahayana-samgraha-sastra

Handscroll, ink on paper

26 x 575 cm. (10 1/4 x 226 3/8 in.)

Colophon by Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), signed and dated fifth day, first month, dingwei year (1967)





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A polymathic artist, calligrapher, playwright, film producer and actor, Wang Chi-po (1925-1964) was born in Shanghai and graduated from St. John’s University in Shanghai at the age of 19, before furthering his studies at Soochow University. In his youth, he studied calligraphy and seal carving with Deng Sanmu and authored several publications on calligraphy. Following his move to Hong Kong in the 1950s, he started working in the film industry, writing screenplays and producing movies. He held exhibitions of his calligraphic works, which were well received in Hong Kong. Wang was invited by Louis Cha to write the title of Ming Pao at the founding of the newspaper that still appears as the masthead today. He was married to the actress and artist Weng Mu-lan (1927-1998), who studied flower-and-bird painting with the artist Gao Yihong.

Their daughter Wang Tan-tan, known as Diana, began painting at a young age and studied with Zhao Shao’ang, Peng Ximing and Zhou Shixin. In 1965, she became one of the last disciples of Zhang Daqian’s and travelled to the artist’s residence in Brazil, the Garden of Eight Virtues, where she spent three years at his studio. For Zhang, Diana was not only a brilliant young artist, but also a student he adored.

In 1971 Diana married Zhang Shizheng (1942-1975), a fellow student of Zhang Daqian’s in Brazil who was also known as Yaozu. His talents were much appreciated by Zhang Daqian, although unfortunately, his artistic career came to an untimely end with his passing.

The present selection of paintings from the Wang Chi-po family collection includes paintings and calligraphy directly dedicated to members of the family, including Zhang Daqian paintings gifted to his beloved students, to be offered in Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings and Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online, standing as a testament to the close friendships between the artists and the Wang family over two generations.
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