XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
Lot 1134 FROM THE FAMILY COLLECTION OF MR N. I. LOW (LOT 1134)

XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)

Ink Bamboo

Closed1 December 2023

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HKD 630,000

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XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
Ink Bamboo
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
111 x 33 cm. (43 ¾ x 13 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated winter, gengchen year (1940)
Dedicated to Yangren (Mr N. I. Low)

Acquired directly from the artist, thence by descent.

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NOTE:
Mr N. I. Low (1900-1986) was born in Fuzhou, China, and later moved to Singapore to make a living. He served as an education officer in Singapore and also wrote Recollections: Chinese Jetsam on a Tropic Shore and When Singapore Was Syonan-To. These books tell the stories of the Chinese community in Singapore during the first half of the twentieth century. Mr Low translated Xu Beihong’s A Brief Introduction to the Three Scrolls of Chaoyuan Xianzhang. As a return, Xu Beihong sketched Low’s portrait in July 1939.