Lot Essay
According to the current owner, this work was acquired from Zhang Xueliang’s daughter.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LI KWAN-HA AND LI MA KWAN KWONG (LOTS 1516-1540)Li Kwan-Ha was the first ethnic Chinese to serve as the Commissioner of Police in Hong Kong from 1989 to 1994. After retirement, he continued to serve various important positions, such as a member of the HKSAR Preparatory Committee and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.Li befriended many artists, including several Beijing artists during his tenure supporting the government, and received many paintings and calligraphy from them directly. His wife Li Ma Kwan Kwong was also an avid supporter of Chinese paintings. She studied Chinese paintings under Zhao Shao’ang in 1988, and received many works and sketches from the artist directly.
ZHANG XUELIANG (1901-2001)
Seven-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script
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ZHANG XUELIANG (1901-2001)
Seven-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on patterned paper
Each scroll measures 131 x 29 cm. (51 5/8 x 11 3/8 in.)
(2)Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Seven-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on patterned paper
Each scroll measures 131 x 29 cm. (51 5/8 x 11 3/8 in.)
(2)Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
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