CHEN BANDING (1876-1970) / PU JIN (1893-1966) / LI YANSHAN (1898-1961) AND OTHERS
Landscapes, Flowers and Birds, and Calligraphy
A set of five loose double leaves and one single leaf album, ink and colour / ink on paper
Each measures approximately 30.5 x 33 cm. (12 x 13 in.)
1. CHEN BANDING (1876-1970) / DONG LIYAN (20TH CENTURY)
Peony / Calligraphy in Regular Script
30 x 30 cm. (11 ³⁄₄ x 11 ³⁄₄ in.)
Peony inscribed and signed by Chen Banding, with two seals of the artist
Dated winter, renyin year (1962)
Two collector’s seals of Chen Yifeng
Calligraphy in Regular Script inscribed and signed by Dong Liyan, with four seals of the artist
Both dedicated to Yifeng

2. GUO FENGHUI (1898-1973) / RONG RENZHI (20TH CENTURY)
Sparrow on Branch / Calligraphy in Running Script
Sparrow on Branch inscribed and signed by Guo Fenghui, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Yifeng
Two collector's seals
Calligraphy in Running Script inscribed and signed by Rong Renzhi, with one seal
Further inscribed and signed on the mounting by Chen Yifeng, with one seal
Dedicated to Shiu Sig

3.
ZHANG ZONGXIANG (1882-1965)
Conversation in the Mountain Cottage / Calligraphy in Running Script
Conversation in the Mountain Cottage inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated winter, xinchou year (1961)
Three collector's seals of Chen Yifeng
Calligraphy in Running Script inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Both dedicated to Yifeng

4.
PU JIN (1893-1966)
Sitting in the Cottage / Calligraphy in Running Script
Sitting in the Cottage inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated winter, renyin year (1962)
Two collector's seals of Chen Yifeng
Calligraphy in Running Script inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Both dedicated to Yifeng
Further inscribed and signed on the mounting by Chen Yifeng, with one seal
Dedicated to Shiu Sig

5.
LI YANSHAN (1898-1961)
Repulse Bay / Calligraphy in Running Script
Repulse Bay inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
30 x 38 cm. (11 ³⁄₄ x 15 in.)
Dated winter, wuzi year (1948)
Calligraphy in Running Script inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Both dedicated to Yifeng

6.
CHEN YIFENG (1881-1975)
Calligraphy in Running Script
30.5 x 33 cm. (12 x 13 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated spring, jiyou year (1969)

Chen Yifeng was active in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. He was both a businessman and a scholar. Chen excelled at poetry and was a member of the Solidarity Club, an important classical poetry society in Hong Kong in the early 1950s.