Live Auction 16699Fine Chinese Modern Paintings
XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
Lot 1282

XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)

Magpie on Branch

Closed28 May 2019

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HKD 687,500

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XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
Magpie on Branch
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
103 x 27.7 cm. (40 ½ x 10 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated winter, jiaxu year (1934)
Dedicated to Liansheng (Chew Lian Seng)

Acquired directly from the artist, thence by descent.

Specialist note

Prior to WWII, Chew Lian Seng was a businessman and owned rubber plantations in Malaysia. After the war, he went into banking. He was one of the patrons of Xu Beihong during his time in Singapore. The current owner of the painting recalled Xu stayed with the Chew family in Geylang, where Xu’s studio was also situated.