FENG ZIKAI (1898-1975)

Prose by Hongyi

Details

FENG ZIKAI (1898-1975)
Prose by Hongyi
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
65 x 32.5 cm. (25 5/8 x 12 ¾ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated New Year's Day, jichou year (1949)
Dedicated to Ziyu

Provenance

Lot 960, 24 October 2005, Fine Chinese Paintings, Sotheby's Hong Kong.

Literature

Zheng Ziyu's Ink Ties, Beijing Author Publishing House, Beijing, November 1993, pl. 3.

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Lot Essay

The recipient of this work, Zheng Ziyu (1916-2008), was a prominent scholar who moved to Singapore from his native Fujian. He taught at Waseda University in Japan, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Fudan University in Shanghai. A prolific academic who specialised in the field of rhetoric and poetry, Zheng was close to many in the Chinese art world.

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