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Lot 1134 FROM THE FAMILY COLLECTION OF MR N. I. LOW (LOT 1134)
XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
Ink Bamboo
Closed1 December 2023
Price Realised
HKD 630,000
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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.
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.