Xu Beihong
Galloping Horse
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings, Lot 1165
31. May - 31. May 2024
Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings, Lot 1165
31. May - 31. May 2024
Estimate: 1.800.000 - 2.800.000 HKD
Price realised: 3.024.000 HKD
Price realised: 3.024.000 HKD
Description
XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
Galloping Horse
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
102 x 77 cm. (40 1/8 x 30 3/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated twenty-eighth year (of the Republic, 1939)
NOTE:
The painting is from the collection of a former diplomat of Singapore. According to the collector, the painting was purchased by his father through his donations to Xu Beihong’s fund raising exhibition in Singapore in the 1930s, and has been preserved in the family ever since.
Galloping Horse
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
102 x 77 cm. (40 1/8 x 30 3/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated twenty-eighth year (of the Republic, 1939)
NOTE:
The painting is from the collection of a former diplomat of Singapore. According to the collector, the painting was purchased by his father through his donations to Xu Beihong’s fund raising exhibition in Singapore in the 1930s, and has been preserved in the family ever since.
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