AFTER ZHANG DAQIAN (20TH CENTURY)

AFTER ZHANG DAQIAN (20TH CENTURY)

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A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, inscribed, dated September of the jiashen year, with two artist's seals, 98cm x 32.5cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Mary Colinet (née Skiotis), and thence by descent. Mary Colinet was born in Beijing on 20th August 1928. She married her husband Paul Colinet in Tianjin in September 1947 and later left Tianjin for France in 1953. Mary collected Chinese art and antiques, particularly during the period between 1964 and 1975 when she lived in Hong Kong. Mary spoke Greek as her first language and was also proficient in Mandarin, English and French.