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Lot Essay
The original wood box accompanying this figure has an inscribed label stating that the figure was gifted by ‘Gongdu’ to ‘Mr. Yizhai’.
‘Gongdu’ is the style name of Feng Shu (1867-1948), an important book collector, art collector and calligrapher active during the late Qing dynasty to the Republic period. He first started as a scholar-official during the Guangxu reign. During the Republic era, he devoted himself to the preservation of Chinese cultural artefacts, most importantly the well-known Mao Gong Ding (bronze ding of Mao) now in the National Palace Museum. It is known that he sold a number of his family possessions in order to prevent the Mao Gong Ding from being sold to overseas dealers.
‘Mr. Yizhai’ refers to Che Yonghong (1833-1914), an important martial arts master from Jiajiabao in Shanxi province, active during the
late Qing period.
‘Gongdu’ is the style name of Feng Shu (1867-1948), an important book collector, art collector and calligrapher active during the late Qing dynasty to the Republic period. He first started as a scholar-official during the Guangxu reign. During the Republic era, he devoted himself to the preservation of Chinese cultural artefacts, most importantly the well-known Mao Gong Ding (bronze ding of Mao) now in the National Palace Museum. It is known that he sold a number of his family possessions in order to prevent the Mao Gong Ding from being sold to overseas dealers.
‘Mr. Yizhai’ refers to Che Yonghong (1833-1914), an important martial arts master from Jiajiabao in Shanxi province, active during the
late Qing period.