Lot Essay
US$25,800-32,300
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XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
Letters to Han Huaizhun
A set of fourteen loose leaves, mounted
Various sizes
Each leaf signed by Xu Beihong
One collector's seal on each leaf
NOTE:
Han Huaizhun (1892-1970), a native of Guangdong Province, was a renowned ceramics expert, botanist and historian in Singapore. He once purchased a garden in which he could plant rambutan. This place became a salon of artists and scholars in Singapore. He was a good friend of Xu Beihong. When Xu left Singapore in 1941 due to the Pacific War, his rambutan garden was one of the places in which Xu's collections and works were stored.
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Letters to Han Huaizhun
A set of fourteen loose leaves, mounted
Various sizes
Each leaf signed by Xu Beihong
One collector's seal on each leaf
NOTE:
Han Huaizhun (1892-1970), a native of Guangdong Province, was a renowned ceramics expert, botanist and historian in Singapore. He once purchased a garden in which he could plant rambutan. This place became a salon of artists and scholars in Singapore. He was a good friend of Xu Beihong. When Xu left Singapore in 1941 due to the Pacific War, his rambutan garden was one of the places in which Xu's collections and works were stored.
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Provenance
Gu Feng Ge Collection including important paintings by Xu Beihong owned by Huang Manshi and Haung Menggui