LOTS 3150-3153 PROPERTY FROM THE PROFESSOR FREDERICK SEgUIER DRAKE FAMILY COLLECTION Professor Frederick Seguier Drake (1892-1976) was born in Shandong, China. From a distinguished English family, Drake was ordained minister as a young man and devoted himself to missionary work. Professor Drake was a traveller, and a scholar in Chinese and Divinity; as an archaeologist he travelled extensively within China and was Dean of the Faculty of Divinity at Qiliu (Cheeloo) University in Ji'nan, Shandong. After a brief return to his native England during the Chinese Civil War, Prof. Drake came to Hong Kong as Chair of Chinese at the University of Hong Kong and occupied the position for twelve years. Prof. Drake was widely respected by his students and within the academia. His most notable achievement included leading the archaeological excavation of the Lei Cheng UK Eastern Han Tomb in Hong Kong in the 1950s. Zhao Shao'ang gifted Prof. Drake with Birds and Flowers (Lot 3150) to celebrate his 72nd birthday and his retirement.

ZHAO SHAO'ANG (1905-1998)

Calligraphy / White Plum Blossoms

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ZHAO SHAO'ANG (1905-1998)
Calligraphy / White Plum Blossoms
Each inscribed and signed, with a total of two seals of the artist
One scroll dated second month, wuxu year (1958)
Dedicated to Madame Shuxin
paper ink
Each scroll measures 23.7 cm. (9 3/8 in.) in diameter
20th Century

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Lot Essay

These paintings are dedicated to Shuxin, mother of the present owner.

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