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ZHU QIZHAN (1892-1996), GUO YING (20TH CENTURY), XU DIXIN (1906-1988)
Lot 470 THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF YAN YUNTAI

ZHU QIZHAN (1892-1996), GUO YING (20TH CENTURY), XU DIXIN (1906-1988)

NARCISSUS AND PINE, MAGPIE WITH PLUM BLOSSOMS, CALLIGRAPHY

Closed16 September 2015

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ZHU QIZHAN (1892-1996), GUO YING (20TH CENTURY), XU DIXIN (1906-1988)
NARCISSUS AND PINE, MAGPIE WITH PLUM BLOSSOMS, CALLIGRAPHY
XU DIXIN (1906-1988)
CALLIGRAPHY
Scroll, unmounted, ink on paper
Inscribed and signed by the artist
Dedicated to Yan Yuntai and Josiane Desmedt Yen
30 ½ x 13 ¼ in. (78 x 33.4 cm.)

GUO YING (20TH CENTURY)
MAGPIE WITH PLUM BLOSSOMS
Scroll, framed, ink and color on paper
Entitled, inscribed, and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated the eighth month, jiwei year (1979)
Dedicated to Josiane Desmedt Yen
26 x 16 in. (65.9 x 40.9 cm.)

ZHU QIZHAN (1892-1996)
NARCISSUS AND PINE
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and color on paper
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Yan Qingxiang
Two collectors' seals: one each of Yan Qingxiang and Yan Yuntai
29 ¼ x 15 ¾ in. (74.6 x 40 cm.)

Specialist note

This lot consists of three paintings.

A native of Jiexi, Guangdong province, Xu Dixin (1906-1988) graduated from the National Shanghai Business School in 1933 and joined the Communist Party, serving as Minister of Culture the following year. He was editor of the newspapers Xinhua Daily and Masses, director of the State Administration, president of Shantou University, and vice president of the Chinese Social and Economic Research Institute.