ID 1343815
Lot 781 | HONGYI (1880-1942) / MA XULUN (1885-1970) / YUAN XILIAN (?-1950)
Estimate value
HKD 300 000 – 500 000
Calligraphy
Hongyi: Scroll, mounted and framed, vermilion on paper
Yuan Xilian: Two scrolls, mounted and framed, ink on paper
Ma Xunlun: A set of two scrolls, unmounted and framed as one, ink on paper
Hongyi: 27.5 x 32.5 cm. (10 7/8 x 12 ¾ in.)
Ma Xunlun:
One scroll measures 35.5 x 25 cm. (14 x 9 7/8 in.)
One scroll measures 30 x 18.3 cm. (11 ¾ x 7 ¼ in.)
Yuan Xilian:
Each scroll measures 68.5 x 19.8 cm. (27 x 7 ¾ in.)(5)
Hongyi:
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated autumn, renshen year (1932)
Dedicated to Longwen
Ma Xunlun:
Each inscribed and signed, with a total of two seals of the artist
Each dated thirtieth-first year (of the Republic, 1942)
Both dedicated to Mianzun
Yuan Xilian:
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Mianzun
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, thence by descent.
Literature
Lin Ziqing ed., Chronicle of Master Hongyi, Sino-Japan Culture Association-Shanghai Branch, September 1944, p.124.
Further details
Ma and Yuan’s works are dedicated to Mianzun, whose full name is Xia Mianzun (1886-1946). Born in Songxia, Shangyu, Zhejiang Province, his real name is Xia Zhu and his courtesy name is Mianzhan. He later changed his name to Mianzun. He is known as a modern Chinese educator, prose writer, and Buddhist layman. Longwen refers to Xia Longwen, Xia Mianzun’s son.
| Artist: | Hong Yi (1880-1942) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Calligraphy |
| Artist: | Hong Yi (1880-1942) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Calligraphy |
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