Live Auction 20830Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings
DING YANYONG (1902-1978)
Lot 1004

DING YANYONG (1902-1978)

Wisteria & Bees

Closed29 May 2022

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HKD 75,600

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DING YANYONG (1902-1978)
Wisteria & Bees
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
69.5 x 79.7 cm. (27 3⁄8 x 31 3⁄8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated wuwu year (1978)
Dedicated to Madame Yuebai (Nancy Koh)

Specialist note

This painting is dedicated to Nancy Koh, also known as Yuebai. Born in Singapore, Koh was a well-known Southeast Asian painter who studied Chinese paintings under Ding Yanyong since 1977. She also studied calligraphy and oil paintings; her works emanate her devotion to Buddhism.