Details
LOT 1672-1679
FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. YUNG PING

ZHANG SHIZHAO (1881-1973)
Calligraphy
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
73 x 23 cm. (28 ¾ x 9 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated autumn, guiweiyear (1944)
Dedicated to Jingxi

Specialist Note:
The recipient of this painting is Yung Ping (1907-1998), a well-known journalist and government official, who served as Deputy Head of the Central News Agency. He was an enthusiastic collector of modern Chinese paintings and calligraphy. In Hong Kong, he became acquainted with many artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan at the time, including Zhao Shao’ang, Pu Ru, Yu Youren, and Guan Shanyue, who dedicated their works to him.
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