ID 1343888
Lot 757 | ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Estimate value
HKD 3 800 000 – 5 800 000
Portrait of Bodhisattva
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
112.2 x 65.2 cm. (44 1/8 x 25 5/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated nineteenth day, ninth month, renwu year (1942)
NOTE:
Lee Fa (1909-1975) was born in Xinhui, Guangdong, and was one of the great Cantonese movie directors and movie makers in Hong Kong. Lee founded Emei Film Company in the 1960s, and directed many black and white movies adapted from the martial arts novels by Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng, a pioneer of the Hong Kong movie industry. Lee moved to Macau in 1968 and passed away in 1975.
Provenance
Previously in the collection of Lee Fa, movie director from Hong Kong.
The Songde Tang Collection
Literature
Thirty Years in Asia 1986-2016, Christie’s, p.232.
| Artist: | Zhang Daqian (1899 - 1983) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Artist: | Zhang Daqian (1899 - 1983) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
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