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XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
Rooster
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
76.5 x 46.7 cm. (30 1⁄8 x 18 3⁄8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated sixth month, thirty-fifth year (of the Repubilc, 1946)
Dedicated to Ji Dingsi
Frontispiece by Zhao Shao’ang (1905-1998), signed with two seals
Dated fifth month, wuchen year (1988)
Provenance
Hong Kong Auctioneers & Estate Agency Limited, Fine Chinese Paintings, 28 September 1991, lot 43.

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Carmen Shek Cerne (石嘉雯)
Carmen Shek Cerne (石嘉雯) Vice President, Head of Department, Chinese Paintings

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Ensayo del lote

Cheng Kinlo (1892-1980), courtesy name Zijian, was born in a scholarly family in Guangdong. He and his sixth brother, Marcus C.C. Cheng (1898-?), were in charge of Chung Hwa Book Company’s business in Hong Kong and Macau in the 1930s.
Cheng Kinlo was well acquainted with the cultural circles, and had a lasting friendship with Xu Beihong (1895-1953). The two met in 1928, when Xu Beihong was invited by Huang Menggui (1885-1965), then Minister of Education of Fujian and the elder brother of Huang Manshi, to live in Fuzhou and participate in the first ever Exhibition of Fine Arts in Fujian. During the 1930s and 1940s, Xu Beihong often visited the Lingnan region. Whenever he was in Guanghzou, Hong Kong, or Macau, he was hosted by Cheng Kinlo and Marcus C.C. Cheng, and was introduced to the local cultural and art circles. In his trips to Hong Kong, Xu Beihong stayed at the residence of the Cheng brothers on Village Road in Happy Valley, and a temporary studio was set up for him to paint and for artists and scholars to gather.

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