Live Auction 20832Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings
RAO ZONGYI (BORN 1917)
Lot 1046

RAO ZONGYI (BORN 1917)

Endless Mountains

Closed2 December 2022

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HKD 350,000–450,000

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RAO ZONGYI (BORN 1917)
Endless Mountains
Handscroll, ink on paper
Painting measures 29.8 x 119.7 cm. (11 3/4 x 47 1/8 in.)
Frontispiece measures 29.8 x 79.8 cm. (11 3/4 x 31 1/2 in.)
Colophon measures approximately 29.8 x 69 cm. (11 3/4 x 27 1/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Dekun
Frontispiece and colophon inscribed by the artist, with a total of three seals
Colophon dated summer, yisi year (1965)

Sotheby’s London, The Mu-Fei Collection of Chinese Paintings, 7 November 2007, Part of lot 69.
Christie’s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Modern Paintings, 29 May 2012, Lot 3181.
Collection of Tathata Gallery.

Specialist note

The recipient of this painting should be Professor Zheng Dekun (1907-2001), first generation Chinese archaeologist. After receiving his PhD from Harvard University, he went on to teach in the University of Cambridge and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.