FROM THE YANG XINGQIN FAMILY COLLECTION (LOT 872)
ZHENG XIE (1693-1766)
Bamboo and Rock
Details
ZHENG XIE (1693-1766)
Bamboo and Rock
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
157 x 85 cm. (61 3/4 x 33 1/2 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated spring, yiyou year of the Qianlong period (1765)
One collector’s seal
Bamboo and Rock
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
157 x 85 cm. (61 3/4 x 33 1/2 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated spring, yiyou year of the Qianlong period (1765)
One collector’s seal
Further details
Yang Xingqin (1903-1987), a native of Yiwu, Zhejiang, graduated from the Great China University in Shanghai. A collector of Chinese paintings, he was active in politics in the 1920s and 1930s and served as the Director of Salt Administration Bureau of Jiangxi Province. He later moved to Taiwan and authored several publications on salt administration. The present lot has been treasured by the family.