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WANG SHIZI (1885-1950), CAO KEJIA (1906-1979), WANG MENGXIONG (19-20TH CENTURY) AND VARIOUS ARTISTS
Animals, Figures, and Calligraphy
Three folding fans, ink and colour on paper / ink on paper

WANG SHIZI (1885-1950) / QIAN CHONGWEI (1870-1968)
Fishes / Calligraphy in Running Script
Ink and colour on paper / ink on paper
18.5 x 42.5 cm. (7 14 x 16 34 in.)
Fishes inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated third month, hengai dunxiang year (1942)
Calligraphy in Running Script Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated summer, renwu year (1942)
Both sides dedicated to Dewu
NOTE: Fan rib carved by Hua Jiannan.

CAO KEJIA (1906-1979) / WU BONIAN (1891-1975)
Morning Glory and Dragonfly / Snow Wolf
Ink and colour on paper
18 x 45.5 cm. (7 18 x 17 78 in.)
Morning Glory and Dragonfly Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated summer, dingchou year (1937)
Snow Wolf Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated winter, dingchou year (1937)

WANG MENGXIONG (19-20TH CENTURY) / WANG TONGYU (1855-1941)
Archery Contest / Calligraphy in Running Script
Ink and colour / ink on paper
18.5 x 46 cm. (7 14 x 18 18 in.)
Archery Contest inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated summer, guiyou year (1933)
One collector's seal
Calligraphy in Running Script inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated eighth month, guiyou year (1933)
One collector's seal
Both sides dedicated to Suzhuang
NOTE: Fan rib carved by Zi’an.
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Sun Ah Book Center opened its doors in 1968 and has provided a trading platform for Hong Kong and overseas scholars of literature, history and philosophy for over half a century. In addition to operating two bookstores, the Center organized many large-scale events in the past, including twenty-six antique books auctions, the “1930s Out-of-Print Antique Book Fair”, and the “Shenzhen National College Foreign Edition Literature and History Book Fair”.

With the enthusiastic effort of its founder Tsang Sook Yin and her son Dr So Keng Chit, Sun Ah Book Center is warmly welcomed by the book and manuscript collectors community. The Center sold countless ancient books of Ming and Qing Dynasties, and manuscripts of Shen Congwen, Zhou Zuoren, Albert Einstein, Zhang Ailing, Hu Shi and other celebrities. Its supply sources include Tokyo, Florence, and many North American cities. Over the past few decades, as the owners acquired books and manuscripts from collectors for their business, they, in turn, began to collect paintings and calligraphy to form the collection of Classical and Modern works as we present to you now.

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