Includes the following:

1. FENG ZIKAI (1898-1975)
Calligraphy
Unmounted scroll, ink on paper
26 x 9 cm. (10 ¹⁄₄ x 3 ¹⁄₂ in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist

2. FENG ZIKAI (1898-1975)
Calligraphy
Unmounted scroll, ink on paper
22.3 x 10 cm. (8 ³⁄₄ x 3 ⁷⁄₈ in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist

3. Correspondence from Feng Zikai
Letter, pen on paper
19 x 12 cm. (7 ¹⁄₂ x 4 ³⁄₄ in.)
Inscribed and signed by the artist
Dated 16 August


4. Feng Zikai, Yuanyuan Hall Informal Essay, Jian Wen Shu Ju, Hong Kong, February 1959.
20.2 x 13.8 cm. (8 x 5 ³⁄₈ in.)
One page with one collector’s seal of Hu Shifang

5. Comic Book by Feng Zikai
18 x 13 cm. (7 ¹⁄₈ x 5 ¹⁄₈ in.)
Without book cover and copyright page, one page with one collector’s seal of Hu Shifang

6. Zhou Zuoren Xuan Ji, Shanghai Wanxiang Shuwu, April 1936, 4th edition.
18.5 x 13 cm. (7 ¹⁄₄ x 5 ¹⁄₈ in.)
One page with one collector’s seal of Hu Shifang

7. Zhou Zuoren, In Before Spring, Taiping Shuju, August 1945, 1st edition.
18.2 x 13 cm. (7 ¹⁄₈ x 5 ¹⁄₈ in.)
One page with two seals of collectors seal of Hu Shifang

8. Zhou Zuoren, Looking at Clouds, Shiyong Shuju, Hong Kong, January 1972.
20 x 14 cm. (7 ⁷⁄₈ x 5 ¹⁄₂ in.)
Without book cover, one page with one collector’s seal of Hu Shifang

9. Zhou Zuoren, In Before Spring, Shiyong Shuju, Hong Kong, May 1973.
19.5 x 13.5 cm. (7 ⁵⁄₈ x 5 ³⁄₈ in.)
Without book cover, one page with one collector’s seal of Hu Shifang

10. Zhou Zuoren Xuan Ji
19 x 13 cm. (7 ¹⁄₂ x 5 ¹⁄₈ in.)
Without book cover and copyright page

11. Zhou Zuoren, Chen Zishan ed., Zhitang Ji Wai Wen: Si Jiu Nian Yi Hou, Yuelu Publishing House, Changsha, August 1988, 1st edition.
19 x 13.4 cm. (7 ¹⁄₂ x 5 ¹⁄₄ in.)
One page inscribed and signed by Chen Zishan (B. 1948)
Dated February 1989
Dedicated to Shifang (Hu Shifang)

12. Chen Siyi and Ding Cong, Hui Tu Shuang Bai Yu, Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House, April 1997, 1st edition.
One page inscribed and signed by Ding Cong (1916-2009)
Dated spring, 1998
Dedicated to Hu Shifang
Further inscribed on the post by Shen Jun
Dated 28 March, 1998
Dedicated to Hu Shifang

13. Xu Shoushang, Impressions of My Departed Friend Lu Xun, Shanghai Book Store, Hong Kong, April 1957, 1st edition.
18.2 x 13 cm. (7 ¹⁄₈ x 5 ¹⁄₈ in.)
One page with one collector’s seal of Hu Shifang

14. Cao Juren, Chronicle of Lu Xun’s Life, Sanyu Books and Stationery, Hong Kong, October 1970.
18.5 x 13 cm. (7 ¹⁄₄ x 5 ¹⁄₈ in.)
One page inscribed and signed by Cao Juren (1900-1972)
Dated January 1971
Dedicated to Hu Shifang

15. Five Envelopes to Hu Shifang
Various dimensions

Hu Shifang was born in Jinan, Shandong Province. His ancestors were silk traders, who settled in the town during the mid-18th and early 19th century. Their residence, adjacent to Daming lake, was called the Wanshou Palace. In 1949, Hu came to Hong Kong to work as a writer. He published in the Weekly Comment edited by Huang Yuren, Panorama Magazine founded by Shen Weichuang and Dada edited by Wang Jingyi. Hu was mentored by prominent writers including Zhou Zuoren, Yu Pingbo, and Feng Zikai, forming close friendships with these authors. Hu’s collection was built exclusively through gifts received directly from the artist, before being passed on to the next generation of his family. Works by Feng Zikai and Zhou Zuoren from the Hu Shifang collection offered at auction by Christie’s in Autumn 2017, were not only extremely well received, it also set a new world auction record for Feng Zikai’s work.