Details
ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Herding Boy
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
33.5 x 77.3 cm. (13 1⁄4 x 30 3⁄8 in.)
Inscribed and signed by Wong Hon-kiu (Wang, Hanqiao, 1914-2005), with two seals
Dated spring, gengyin year (1950)
Provenance
Sotheby's Hong Kong, Fine Modern and Contemporary Chinese Paintings, 4 November 1996, Lot 440.
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Wong Hon-kiu, born in Chao’an, moved to Hong Kong in 1936. He was very successful in business and was fond of art. He studied under famous calligrapher and seal carver Jian Qinzhai (1888-1950) and also under Zhang Daqian.

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