ZHAO SHAO'ANG (1905-1998)

Bird on a Branch

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ZHAO SHAO'ANG (1905-1998)
Bird on a Branch
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
90.5 x 32.5 cm. (35 5/8 x 12 ¾ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated third month, thirty-eighth year (of the Republic, 1949)
Dedicated to Tianyi

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Lot Essay

This painting is dedicated to Mo Boji (1877-1958) from Dongguan, Guangdong province. Mo was widely known as the most important collector of books in the Guangdong area, claiming to have acquired half a million volumes in his own collection. Mo moved to Hong Kong in 1937 and passed away in Macau in 1958.

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