XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
01.05.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'SAuctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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Event location | United Kingdom, London |
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ID 1405365
Lot 748 | XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
Estimate value
2800000HKD HKD 2 800 000 – 4 000 000
Heavenly Horse Galloping across the Sky
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
99 x 54.5 cm. (39 x 21 ½ in.)
Entitled and signed, with one seal of the artist and one dated seal of wuzi year (1948)
Titleslip by Cui Dadi (Tsue Ta Tee, 1903-1974), with one seal
Dated summer, xinmao year (1951)
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, thence by descent.
Further details
These two Xu Beihong works come from a distinguished private collection in Penang, Malaysia. The collector, a prominent Chinese community leader, was deeply passionate about the arts and actively supported both Chinese and Southeast Asian visiting artists. In the early 1940s, he met Xu Beihong during a fundraising exhibition in Penang, forming a lifelong friendship. Over time, he received numerous works from Xu, assembling one of the most significant collections of the artist’s pieces. The collector meticulously preserved the pieces, commissioning fine mounting and inscriptions. These two works bear 1951 title inscriptions by renowned calligrapher Cui Dadi (Tsue Ta Tee, 1903–1974) and have remained in the family ever since.
Artist: | Xu Beihong (Ju Péon, 1895 - 1953) |
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Art style: | Modern art |
Artist: | Xu Beihong (Ju Péon, 1895 - 1953) |
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Art style: | Modern art |
Address of auction |
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