Asian Art II - 21st May 2025

Lot 644

XU SHAOWEI

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £756

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Description

XU SHAOWEI
SCHOLARS UNDER PINE TREES

146cm x 77cm.

From the collection of Jean Brediam (d.1949).



A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on silk, inscribed and signed by Xu Shaowei, with two artist's seals.

From the collection of Jean Brediam (d.1949), who was the Director General of the Municipal Services of the French Concession in Shanghai until 1940. In 1946, he returned to China and was appointed the Head of the Shanghai office of the French Economic Mission.