Yvett Klein
Senior Specialist
A private collection of fine Chinese paintings一亚洲私人收藏的中國書畫Assembled primarily during the 1960s from artists and dealers across Hong Kong and London, this collection had remained in Singapore, without much exposure at all, for nearly 50 years till the passing of its owner earlier this year.該收藏多於上世紀六十年代購於香港及倫敦的畫家、畫廊，塵封留守新加坡近半世紀。
Lot 11
Anonymous Lord of Southern Dipper
25 October 2017, 18:30 AEDT
SydneySold for AU$8,540 inc. premium
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Anonymous
Lord of Southern Dipper
ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll
unsigned and undated
title slip inscribed
115.5 x 178.0 cm
ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll
unsigned and undated
title slip inscribed
115.5 x 178.0 cm
Footnotes
PROVENANCE
Collection of Yan Jinqing (19th century) according to the title slip
Collection of Wang Weili (20th century), one collector's seal
Private collection, Singapore and Sydney
Note:
According to the title slip, this image is after one painted by a Tang dynasty artist from the Thousand Buddha Grottoes, or Mogao Caves.
Yan Jinqing was a governor of northern Taiwan during the late Qing dynasty.
佚名 唐人南極星君圖 設色紙本立軸
藏印：偉立藏畫 調琴堂
包首題簽：海內希有 敦煌僅存 唐人南極星君圖 木齋攷藏 光緒二十五年（1899）出千佛洞 嚴金清珍藏
傳承:
嚴金清（19世紀）舊藏 （據包首題款）
王偉立（20世紀）舊藏
新加坡與悉尼私人收藏
嚴金清，清朝官員，台灣清治時期駐淡水轄北台灣地方官
王偉立，精鑑書畫，積聚至富，曾於香港展出所藏，譽滿藝壇。王偉立資料，可參考：鄭春霆，《嶺南近代畫人略傳》，香港廣雅社，1987出版，頁21-23
