The Kensington Sale - 22 - 27 September 2011
A Chinese scroll painting of bird and bamboo
Lot Number 19073
£500.00SOLD
£50.00
£550.00
Buyer's Premium:
Total Amount:
£120.00
£620.00
5
Notting Hill, London
6935
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A Chinese scroll painting of bird and bamboo
工笔花鸟画
a typical Chinese bird-and-flower genre painting in the meticulous style (gong-bi), signed by He Xiangning and a personal name seal following
He Xiangning, born in Hong Kong, was a women artist and revolutionary. After marriage to Liao Zhongkai, one of the politicians in the founding of Repulican China, she went to Japan in 1902 and studied arts in Tokyo Mubai Women University, Women Teacher's School and Women Arts School respectively.
- Size:
- painting: 28cm x 20.5cm; the scroll: 40cm x 135cm
- Condition:
- In good condition overall, the lower part of the scroll with stains
- Estimate:
- £ 500 - 800