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PREVIOUSLY IN THE COLLECTION OF HELEN AND ROBERT JAMES WICKINS (LOTS 854-855)
SHEN ZONGJING (1669-1735)
Peach Blossom Land
Details
SHEN ZONGJING (1669-1735)
Peach Blossom Land
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk
143 x 82.5 cm. (56 1/4 x 32 1/2 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated sixth month, xinwei year of the Kangxi period (1691)
Peach Blossom Land
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk
143 x 82.5 cm. (56 1/4 x 32 1/2 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated sixth month, xinwei year of the Kangxi period (1691)
Further details
Helen and Robert James Wickins collected Chinese art from the 1970’s to 1990’s while living in Hong Kong. Helen, a social worker and teacher and her husband Robert, a lawyer, moved to Hong Kong in 1976. Robert took a position as Associate Professor of Law at the Hong Kong Polytechnic, while Helen taught English and History at the Diocesan Girls’ School. They remained in Hong Kong for twenty years and returned to Adelaide, Australia in early 1998.