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Hibiscus
Details
XIE ZHILIU (1910-1997)
Hibiscus
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
32.5 x 48 cm. (12 3⁄4 x 18 7⁄8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dedicated to Meiti
NOTE:
The recipient is Yue Meiti (born 1941), a Kun opera performer attached to the Shanghai Kun Opera Group. Between 1954 and 1961 she apprenticed under renowned Kun opera singers Yu Zhenfei and Chen Chuanzhi, and also travelled all over the world to give lectures, perform and conduct cultural exchange programmes.
Hibiscus
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
32.5 x 48 cm. (12 3⁄4 x 18 7⁄8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dedicated to Meiti
NOTE:
The recipient is Yue Meiti (born 1941), a Kun opera performer attached to the Shanghai Kun Opera Group. Between 1954 and 1961 she apprenticed under renowned Kun opera singers Yu Zhenfei and Chen Chuanzhi, and also travelled all over the world to give lectures, perform and conduct cultural exchange programmes.
Provenance
Christie’s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Modern Paintings, 25 November 2013, Lot 1261.
Brought to you by
Carmen Shek Cerne (石嘉雯)
Vice President, Head of Department, Chinese Paintings