MA XULUN (1885-1970)
Lot 1636PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE HONG KONG COLLECTION (LOTS 1633-1638)

MA XULUN (1885-1970)

Calligraphy

Fermé27 November 2017

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HKD 40,000

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MA XULUN (1885-1970)
Calligraphy
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
85.5 x 31 cm. (33 5/8 x 12 ¼ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Yuhao (Chow Yuk Ho)

NOTE: The Late Chow Yuk Ho was a renowned industrialist in enamelware and thermal flasks during his time. Born in Jiangsu province, Mr Chow moved to Shanghai and later Hong Kong in the 1930's. In Hong Kong, he founded his own enamelware manufacturing company which was inherited by his children in the following decades. Mr Chow was a philanthropist and the Director of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals as well as the Kiangsu Chekiang & Shanghai Residents (Hong Kong) Association.
In his early days in Shanghai and Hong Kong, Mr Chow received paintings from local artists.

Ma Xulun, born in Hang Prefecture, Hangzhou, was a linguist, philosopher, educator, calligrapher and politician. He was a professor of Peking University in 1913. In 1923, he joined the Kuomintang, and held education position in the Republic government. He was one of the members that suggested a united front against Japan before the Xi’an Incident. In 1947, he went to Hong Kong and founded the Chinese Democratic Promotion Society Hong Kong Branch. After 1949, he returned to China and held many important positions in the government.