Fine Chinese Works of Art - 15 Nov 2022
AFTER ZHAO BOJU (17TH CENTURY)
趙伯駒(款) 瑤池春曉圖
AFTER ZHAO BOJU (17TH CENTURY)
CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDAY OF THE QUEEN MOTHER OF THE WEST
A Chinese painting, ink and colour on silk, signed Boju with three artist's seals and five collectors' seals, together with a colophon attributed to Qiu Yuan which has been separately mounted, framed, 314cm x 35cm . (2)
Provenance: the collection of Air Commodore Anthony Walkinshaw Fraser (1934-2021), which he inherited from his brother Erik Francis Watts (1904-84) who was a main board Director of Jardine Matheson,acquired in China in the 1920s, and thence by descent.
設色絹本 手卷 鏡框
題跋:瑤池春曉歌,仙人綠髮明雙瞳,能移昆侖開華嵩。為我一指瀛洲趣,中有千年不老青芙蓉……他年儻惠金鵝蕊,寄聲蓬島長相思。 淳祐遺民山村仇遠。
藏印:南陽家藏、劉基伯溫。
款識:伯駒。
藏印:天水趙氏、臣孟頫、項墨林鑒賞章、御前之印、兩印渙漫不清。
來源:空軍准將Anthony Walkinshaw Fraser(1934-2021)收藏,之後由其女兒繼承。Anthony是從他的哥哥Erik Francis Watts(1904-84)處繼承。Erik是怡和洋行的主要董事,他於1920年代在中國工作期間購得此手卷。