Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper

PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, RETROGRADE DATE, MOON PHASES AND LEAP YEAR INDICATION

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LOTS 1211-1222PROPERTY FROM A CHINESE AMERICAN COLLECTIONThis collection of paintings belonged to Mr. Lee Chiu Yan (1903-1980), who was born in Canton, Guangdong province. He was the chief administrator for academics in Pak U Middle School in Yuen Long, Hong Kong, where he also taught Chinese literature. He befriended many of the artists from the Guangdong region, and received many paintings and calligraphy from them as gifts, which were especially dedicated to him.

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Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated spring, bingzi year (1936)
Dedicated to the Master of Shuang Yuyi Studio
One collector's seal of Lee Chiu Yan

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