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Property from the Family Collection of Ho Ka Chi (Lot 1021)
GAO QIFENG (1889-1933)
Wisteria and Parrot
Details
GAO QIFENG (1889-1933)
Wisteria and Parrot
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
93.5 x 38.4 cm. (36 ¾ x 15 1/8 in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
One collector’s seal
Further inscribed and signed by Huang Shaoqiang (1900-1942), He Qiyuan (1899-1970), Zhou Yifeng (1890-1982), Zhao Shao’ang (1905-1998), and Rong Shushi (1903-1996) on the mounting, with a total of six seals
Wisteria and Parrot
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
93.5 x 38.4 cm. (36 ¾ x 15 1/8 in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
One collector’s seal
Further inscribed and signed by Huang Shaoqiang (1900-1942), He Qiyuan (1899-1970), Zhou Yifeng (1890-1982), Zhao Shao’ang (1905-1998), and Rong Shushi (1903-1996) on the mounting, with a total of six seals
Provenance
Representative Chinese Paintings: The Late Kao Chien-Fu and Kao Chi-Fung, Vol. 4, Ko Lai Chit and Ko Lai Wah, May 1969, unpaginated.
Literature
Representative Chinese Paintings: The Late Kao Chien-Fu and Kao Chi-Fung, Vol. 4, Ko Lai Chit and Ko Lai Wah, May 1969, unpaginated.
Further details
Ho Ka Chi (circa 1896-1970), also known as Wen-fang, was born in Shunde, Guangdong. He studied at Queen’s College and later graduated from the University of Hong Kong. In 1962, he taught at Clementi Secondary School, where a scholarship was established under his name, known as the “Ho Ka Chi Scholarship”. His younger brother He Qiyuan (birth name Ho Ka Fong, 1899-1970), was one of the Seven Masters of the Lingnan School’s Tin Fung group.
Brought to you by
Carmen Shek Cerne (石嘉雯)
Vice President, Head of Department, Chinese Paintings
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