Live Auction 3422Fine Chinese Modern Paintings
LI RUIQING (1867-1920)/CHEN LIFU (1900-2001)
Lot 1628 LOTS 1622 - 1633
THE HAITIANTANG COLLECTION

The owner of Haitiantang, Li Haitian, was the owner of the famed Chung King Restaurant in Yokohama. After migrating to Japan in 1949, Li hosted Zhang Daqian with lavish hospitality each time the artist visited Japan. Works from the same collection were auctioned in our salerooms in Spring 2003 (Lots 252-269), Spring 2005 (Lots 809-815), Autumn 2006 (Lots 841-847).

LI RUIQING (1867-1920)/CHEN LIFU (1900-2001)

Calligraphic Couplet/Calligraphic Couplet

Closed2 June 2015

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HKD 400,000

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LI RUIQING (1867-1920)/CHEN LIFU (1900-2001)
Calligraphic Couplet/Calligraphic Couplet
Li Ruiqing's couplet: each scroll measures 138 x 33.5 cm.
(54 1/4 x 13 1/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist
Dated third month, bingchen year (1916)
Chen Lifu's couplet: each scroll measures 177 x 43 cm.
(69 5/8 x 16 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated fourteenth day, eleventh month, seventy-third year (of the Republic, 1984)
Dedicated to Haitian
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