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PROPERTY OF MR. CHEN RENTAO – CHINESE PAINTINGS FROM THE KING KWEI COLLECTION (LOTS 850-853)
WITH SIGNATURE OF MEI QING (19TH – 20TH CENTURY)
Landscape
Details
WITH SIGNATURE OF MEI QING
(19TH – 20TH CENTURY)
Landscape
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
190 x 61 cm. (74 3/4 x 24 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Two collector’s seals
(19TH – 20TH CENTURY)
Landscape
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
190 x 61 cm. (74 3/4 x 24 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Two collector’s seals
Further details
Chen Rentao (Chen Jen Dao, 1906-1968) was a veteran collector of Chinese art, paintings and coins. The collection King Kwei Studio was named after his treasure antique coin, King Kwei Zhi Wan. Mr Chen also edited Essays on Chinese Antiquities which was published in 1952. Part of his collection was exhibited in the first Hong Kong Festival of the Arts in 1955.