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LOU LUOHUA (1889-1942), QIN BOWEI (1901-1970) AND OTHERS

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HKD 23 940
Auction dateClassic
29.08.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 133 | LOU LUOHUA (1889-1942), QIN BOWEI (1901-1970) AND OTHERS
LOU LUOHUA (1889-1942), QIN BOWEI (1901-1970) AND OTHERS
Folding Fan Collection
1. LUO LUOHUA
Landscape
Folding fan, ink and colour on paper
19.2 x 40.1 cm. (7 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.)
Inscibed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated autumn, jimao year (1939)
Dedicated to Zhaowu

NOTE:
Lou Luohua, also known as Haikong, was a born in Taishan, Guangdong. He was a poet, calligrapher and painter. In 1928, he founded a calligraphy, painting and literature society in Hong Kong, and he presided over many art publications.


2. QIN BOWEI (1901-1970)
Plum Blossoms / Calligraphy
Folding fan, ink and colour / ink on paper
18.7 x 42.8 cm. (7 3/8 x 16 7/8 in.)
Plum Blossoms inscribed and signed by the artist, with two seals
Calligraphy inscribed and signed by the artist, with one seal
Both dated fourth month, yiyou year (1945)
Both dedicated to Zhongsan
Fan rib carved by Yu Boyu (19th-20th century)

NOTE:
Qin Bowei, also known as Ji, is a native of Pudong, Shanghai. Born into a family of Chinese medicine and practitioners, he is a modern Chinese medical practitioner who devoted himself to the education of Chinese medicine and has written extensively on the subject. Under the cultivation of family education, Qin was a fond of literature and medical books since childhood, and he has been involved in many types of works, such as classic texts, history, medical texts, poems and songs. Alongside that, he was also involved in qin, go, calligraphy and paintings, in which his calligraphy and painting are quite impressive.


3. MIAO GUYING (1875-1954) / YUAN XILIAN (1874-1950)
Chrsyanthemum / Calligraphy
Folding fan, ink and colour / ink on paper
8.4 x 45.6 cm. (3 1/4 x 18 in.)
Chrsyanthemum, inscribed and signed by Miao Guying, with two seals
Dated summer, fifth month, bingxu year (1946)
Calligraphy inscribed and signed by Yuan Xilian, with one seal
Both dedicated to Jingqing
Fan rib carved by Wu Xiaoxian

NOTE:
Miu Guying is a native of Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, and he was known as multiple things, such as Pusun, Yuli Shanren. Miu was a disciple of Huang Shanshou’s student, and he was an expert in flowers and chrysanthemums, which gave him the title “the expert in chrysanthemum paintings”. Additionally, he was a teacher of Chinese Paintings at Cangsheng Mingzhi University.

Yuan Xilian, courtesy name Zhonglian, was a native of Baoshan, Jiangsu Province. Together with his brothers Yuan Xiluo and Yuan Xitao, they were known as the “Three Yuan brothers of Baoshan”. He went to Japan to study at the Tokyo University of Law and Politics, and returned to China after the Xinhai Revolution to serve as a judge and magistrate in Tianjin. Due to the influence of his friend Li Shutong, he converted to Buddhism and devoted himself to it, alongside painting and calligraphy in his later years. He then founded the Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting society. Yuan Xilian also formed friendships with Li Shutong, Cai Xiaoxiang, Zhang Xiaolou, and Xu Miyuan, and they were known as the “Five Friends at the End of the World”.

4. HU XI (19TH-20TH CENTURY)
Lotus / Calligraphy
Folding fan, ink and colour / ink on paper
19.8 x 52.7 cm. (7 3/4 x 20 3/4 in.)
Lotus inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Calligraphy inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated summer, gengwu year (1930)
Both dedicated to Yangpo

NOTE:
Hu Xi, otherwise known as Xi, Muqing, Mutai, Mutong, is a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He is proficient in seal script calligraphy and seal cutting.
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