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FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNA FANG, MADAME WONG NAN-PING (LOTS 824-829)Anna Fang (1924-2022) was the wife of the renowned connoisseur Wong Nan-ping (1924–1985), distinguished collector of Chinese paintings and calligraphy of the twentieth century. The couple met during their studies in Shanghai. They moved to Hong Kong in the late 1940s, where they continued their pursuit of collecting and studying paintings and calligraphy. A leading member of the collecting group Min Chiu Society, for decades Wong Nan-ping formed deep friendships with artists and collectors, often travelling between Hong Kong and Taiwan accompanied by Madame Wong. In the 1970s, the couple frequently visited the United States and Canada to visit their children, and during these trips, they were able to visit North American museums and universities. Madame Wong thus became acquainted with many scholars, collectors and artists.After Wong Nan-ping passed away in 1985, Madame Wong donated the important calligraphy by Wang Anshi (1021-1086) and the Southern Song edition of his complete works to the Shanghai Museum, fulfilling the long-held wish of her late husband. With intimate knowledge of the collecting journey of Wong Nan-ping, she also contributed to the touring exhibition of masterpieces from the Jade Studio, beginning at the Yale University Art Gallery in 1993, and the seminal publication The Jade Studio: Masterpieces of the Ming and Qing Painting and Calligraphy from the Wong Nan-ping Collection, compiled and published by preeminent scholars including Richard Barnhart that followed. This spring, Christie’s is honoured to present a selection of paintings from the collection of Anna Fang, Madame Wong Nan-ping. A close companion and partner in life and art of Wong Nan-ping for nearly four decades, Madame Wong not only played a crucial role in the founding of the Jade Studio Collection, and also in the preservation and continuation of its legacy.
XIA CHANG (1388-1470)
Bamboo and Rock
Details
XIA CHANG (1388-1470)
Bamboo and Rock
Hanging scroll, ink on silk
185 x 84 cm. (72 7/8 x 33 1/8 in.)
Entitled and signed, with one seal of the artist
Five collector’s seals: two of Pang Shicheng (1804-1873), one of Wu Ming (1902-?) and two of Wong Nanping (1924-1985)
One illegible seal
Bamboo and Rock
Hanging scroll, ink on silk
185 x 84 cm. (72 7/8 x 33 1/8 in.)
Entitled and signed, with one seal of the artist
Five collector’s seals: two of Pang Shicheng (1804-1873), one of Wu Ming (1902-?) and two of Wong Nanping (1924-1985)
One illegible seal
Literature
Wong Nan-p’ing ed., Select Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, South China Photo-Process Printing Co. Ltd, Hong Kong, 1975, pp.22-23.
Tian Hong, Wang Nanping’s Collection of Ancient Chinese Paintings, Vol.1, Tianjin People’s Fine Art Publishing, Tianjin, July 2015, p.36, pl.8.
Wong Po-zen, Record of Jade Studio’s Connoisseurship and Collecting: A Short Biography of Mr Wong Nan-ping, Chung Hua Book Co., Hong Kong, 2019, pp.129, 134.
Tian Hong, Wang Nanping’s Collection of Ancient Chinese Paintings, Vol.1, Tianjin People’s Fine Art Publishing, Tianjin, July 2015, p.36, pl.8.
Wong Po-zen, Record of Jade Studio’s Connoisseurship and Collecting: A Short Biography of Mr Wong Nan-ping, Chung Hua Book Co., Hong Kong, 2019, pp.129, 134.
Sale room notice
Please note that this lot has the following additional record on literature:
Wong Po-zen, Record of Jade Studio’s Connoisseurship and Collecting: A Short Biography of Mr Wong Nan-ping, Chung Hua Book Co., Hong Kong, 2019, pp.129, 134.
此拍品亦有以下出版紀錄：
王樸仁，《玉齋鑒藏記-王南屏先生事略》，中華書局，香港，2019年，第129、134頁。
Please note:
A party with a direct or indirect interest in Lot 824 who may have knowledge of the lot’s reserve may be bidding on the lot.
對拍賣品編號824有直接或間接經濟利益的一方有可能對該拍賣品作出競投，其可能知道該拍賣品的底價。
Wong Po-zen, Record of Jade Studio’s Connoisseurship and Collecting: A Short Biography of Mr Wong Nan-ping, Chung Hua Book Co., Hong Kong, 2019, pp.129, 134.
此拍品亦有以下出版紀錄：
王樸仁，《玉齋鑒藏記-王南屏先生事略》，中華書局，香港，2019年，第129、134頁。
Please note:
A party with a direct or indirect interest in Lot 824 who may have knowledge of the lot’s reserve may be bidding on the lot.
對拍賣品編號824有直接或間接經濟利益的一方有可能對該拍賣品作出競投，其可能知道該拍賣品的底價。