RAO ZONGYI (BORN 1917)/XIAO LISHENG (1919-1983)

Landscape of Cheung Chau

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RAO ZONGYI (BORN 1917)/XIAO LISHENG (1919-1983)
Landscape of Cheung Chau
Inscribed with a poem by Xiao Lisheng, with two seals
Dated two days after fifth day fifth month, xinhai year (1971)
Further inscribed by Rao Zongyi, with two seals
Dated guisi year (2013)
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
30 x 94.5 cm. (11 3/4 x 37 1/4 in.)
20th Century

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Lot Essay

After the Dragon Boat Festival in 1971, Rao Zongyi and Xiao Lisheng visited their good friend Li Chaoren in Cheung Chau, and painted the scenery as he saw it outside, with Xiao adding the figures. Forty-two years later, Rao re-inscribed onto the painting.

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