Live Auction 20832Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings
LIN FENGMIAN (1900-1991)
Lot 1086 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE HONG KONG COLLECTOR (LOTS 1086-1090)

LIN FENGMIAN (1900-1991)

Lady Holding Flowers

Closed2 December 2022

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HKD 2,268,000

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LIN FENGMIAN (1900-1991)
Lady Holding Flowers
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
66 x 65.7 cm. (26 x 25 7/8 in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist

Formerly from the collection of Miao Zhongkang;
Christie’s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Modern Paintings, 26 November 2019, Lot 1349.

Specialist note

Miao Zhongkang (1914-1991) was a famous physician in Suzhou. He was passionate in collecting art, and had a wonderful collection of folding fans painting. He also befriended numerous artists, such as Lin Fengmian, Fu Baoshi (1904-1965), Lu Yanshao (1909-1993), and Cheng Shifa (1921-2007), and received numerous paintings from artists directly.