ID 966009
Lot 1076 | ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Estimate value
HKD 5 000 000 – 7 000 000
First Ode to the Red Cliffs / Calligraphy
A pair of scrolls, mounted and framed, ink and colour on silk / ink on paper
Each scroll measures 43.7 x 90.5 cm. (17 ¼ x 35 5/8 in.)(2)
Painting inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Calligraphy inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist
Dated autumn, guichou year (1973)
Provenance
Acquired from Chang Dai-chien, Exhibition of Chinese Paintings at Hong Kong City Hall by Y.C. Wang in 1974, thence by descent (see Panorama, Issue 3, 1 February 1974, p. 33).
Exhibited
Hong Kong City Hall, Chang Dai-chien, Exhibition of Chinese Paintings, 1-7 January 1974.
Post lot text
Y. C. Wang (1910-2012), a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu province, was a well-known Hong Kong industrialist. Wang studied in the United States and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Textile Engineering from Lowell Textile College. Upon returning to China, Wang managed his family business and co-owned flour and yarn mills with the Rong family. He later married into the Rong family.
In 1931, Wang was the youngest mill proprietor in the textile industry in China, managing two yarn mills in Shanghai. With his educational background, he introduced advanced Western management theories to China. Wang moved to Hong Kong in the late 1940s and founded Nanyang Textile Mills Limited in 1947, where he served as executive director for a long time. During the heyday of Hong Kong’s textile industry in the 1970s, Wang was a prominent figure known locally and abroad.
Artist: | Zhang Daqian (1899 - 1983) |
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Art style: | Modern art |
Auction house category: | Calligraphy |
Artist: | Zhang Daqian (1899 - 1983) |
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Art style: | Modern art |
Auction house category: | Calligraphy |
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