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Lot 1068 PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTION (LOTS 1068-1081)
ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Scholars Resting under a Pine Tree
Closed2 December 2022
Price Realised
HKD 819,000
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The recipient of this painting should be Chen Yuan (1896-1970), courtesy name Tongbo. A native of Wuxi, Jiangsu, he studied in London in 1912. In 1922, he returned to China and was appointed as a professor at Peking University. In 1943, Chen went to London to work in the Sino-British Cultural Association. In 1946, he was appointed as the first representative to UNESCO by the National Government, and took up resident in Paris.