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LIN JIANTONG (1911-1994) / ZHAO SHIGUANG (1916-2007) / SHAO YOUXUAN (1918-2009)
Calligraphy in Running Script / Calligraphy in Running Script / Orchids and Bees / Peaches

1. LIN JIANTONG (1911-1994)
Calligraphy in Running Script
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink on paper
33.5 x 70 cm. (13 14 x 27 12 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated Dragon Boat Festival, jiweiyear (1979)
Dedicated to Madame Xinying

2. LIN JIANTONG (1911-1994)
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink on paper
Calligraphy in Running Script
70.2 x 34.5 cm. (27 58 x 13 58 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Madame Xinying

3. ZHAO SHIGUANG (1916-2007)
Orchids and Bees
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink and colour on paper
46.7 x 58 cm. (18 38 x 22 78 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist
Dated summer, dingmaoyear (1987)

4. SHAO YOUXUAN (1918-2009)
Peaches
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink and colour on paper
67.2 x 33.3 cm. (26 12 x 13 18 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated spring, gengshengyear (1980)
Dedicated to Madame Xinying
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Lot Essay

Ma Shun Ying is well-known in Hong Kong for serving as voluntary director of the Young Women's Christian Association and director of the True Light Girls' School. She loves art and works diligently to create many artworks. She studied under many masters, including Gao Qifeng, Cai Peizhu, Ding Yanyong, Li Fanping, Huang Junbi, Lin Jiantong, and Liang Zijiang. Among them, Ding Yanyong was the most influential to her. She received many wonderful works with diverse themes. Her husband Wong Wing Seen and eldest son Wong Kwok Learn are both accountants. In the collection are also works dedicated to them, manifesting the close relationship between the family and the artists.

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