Live Auction 3261Fine Chinese Modern Paintings
ZHAO SHAO'ANG (1905-1998)/YANG SHANSHEN (1913-2004)
Lot 1651

ZHAO SHAO'ANG (1905-1998)/YANG SHANSHEN (1913-2004)

Fishes and Flowers

Closed26 November 2013

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HKD 562,500

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ZHAO SHAO'ANG (1905-1998)/YANG SHANSHEN (1913-2004)
Fishes and Flowers
Inscribed with a poem and signed by Zhao Shao'ang, with one seal of the artist
Date seventh month, thirty-eighth year (of the Republic, 1949)
Dedicated to Shanxiao
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
46.5 x 57.5 cm. (18 1/4 x 22 5/8 in.)
20th Century

Specialist note

The painting is dedicated to Kuang Shanshao (1909-1976), noted Hong Kong cinema actor. He participated in over a hundred films and was known as the actor who took part in the most number of films in the pre-World War Two era in Hong Kong.