PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF YEH CHIE CHUNG 葉啟忠收藏 (LOTS 901-925)Part of Mr Yeh’s collection of paintings and calligraphy was offered by Christie’s Hong Kong in November 2017 and achieved highly acclaimed results. A veteran collector, Mr Yeh Chie Chung (1948-2008) started his collecting journey in the 1970s, building an impressive collection of Chinese classical and modern paintings. He immersed himself in various fields of research, specialising in calligraphy. Important works from Mr. Yeh’s collection have been loaned to the National Museum of History in Taipei and National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (formerly known as Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung). A man of bold and generous character held in high esteem by his fellow collectors, Mr Yeh was one of the founding members of the Ching Wan Society in Taipei, one of the world’s renowned association of Chinese collectors.Twenty-five lots of Chinese classical paintings and calligraphy from Mr Yeh’s collection will be offered in this sale, plus another 21 lots (Lots 1201-1221) of modern works to be auctioned in our Fine Chinese Modern Paintings sale on 29 May 2018.
GAO FENGHAN (1683-1748)
Running-Cursive Script Calligraphy
Details
GAO FENGHAN (1683-1748)
Running-Cursive Script Calligraphy
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
144 x 58 cm. (56 3/4 x 22 7/8 in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Jingluan
Titleslip by Chen Yongmo, with two seals
Running-Cursive Script Calligraphy
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
144 x 58 cm. (56 3/4 x 22 7/8 in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Jingluan
Titleslip by Chen Yongmo, with two seals
Provenance
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF YEH CHIE CHUNG
Literature
Chinese Art from the Ching Wan Society Collections, Chang Foundation, Taipei, 1998, p.115, pl. 88.
Exhibited
Taipei, Chang Foundation, Chinese Art from the Ching Wan Society Collections, June-July 1998.
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