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FAMILY COLLECTION OF GENERAL ZHANG FAKUI (LOTS 1242-1244) Born in Guangdong province, Zhang was Second Lieutenant General in the Army of the Nationalist Party of China. He was an active participant during the Second Sino-Japanese war and had a prominent career in the army. He was successively appointed as Group Army Commander in Chief, Army Corp Commander in Chief and Military Region Commander in Chief. After the war, he was appointed a member of the Presidential Strategic Advisory Board. In March 1949, he became the Army Chief, but resigned in July and permanently moved to Hong Kong. Although Zhang spent his life in the military, he regarded arts as an integral part of education and established schools to educate future generations. He also donated sets of important encyclopedias to the National Library.Paintings from this collection were sold in Christie’s Fine Chinese Modern Paintings sale in Hong Kong in 2012, 2014 and Spring 2018. Thirteen works from the collection are also available in Christie’s online sale Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy during 19-26 November. (Lots 1648-1660)
CAI YUANPEI (1868-1940)
Seven-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script
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CAI YUANPEI (1868-1940)
Seven-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on paper
Each scroll measures 132 x 31.5 cm. (52 x 12 3/8 in.)
(2)Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Xianghua (General Zhang Fakui)
Seven-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on paper
Each scroll measures 132 x 31.5 cm. (52 x 12 3/8 in.)
(2)Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Xianghua (General Zhang Fakui)
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