Name: LEE CHI CHING (B. 1963)
Brand: Martial Heroes
Price: 26000.00 HKD
Availability: SoldOut

LEE CHI CHING (B. 1963)
Martial Heroes
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
68.5 x 68 cm. (27 x 26 ³⁄₄ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated yiwei year (2015)

A Glimpse of the Condor Heroes: Lee Chi Ching’s Artworks on Jin Yong’s Novels, Charm Max Development Limited, Hong Kong, 28 February 2017, pp. 101-102.

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Lee Chi Ching is a Hong Kong manhua illustrator. Lee began drawing comics and graphic novels in 1981. In 1992, he won an award for his watercolors at the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial and had his work housed at the Hong Kong Museum of Art. He is the first cartoonist from Hong Kong to have his work published in Japan. His specialty is in historical manga, usually based on pre-existing classic novels, including the works of wuxia writer Louis Cha. His major works include Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin.