GAO QIFENG (1889-1933), YE GONGCHUO (1881-1968), CHEN YUXIANG (19TH-20TH CENTURY)
Calligraphy and Painting Scrolls / Butterflies
A pair of hanging scrolls / Scroll, mounted for framing, ink and colour / ink on paper
1. Calligraphy and Painting Scrolls
GAO QIFENG
Flowers
Fan leaf, ink and colour on paper
18 x 49.2 cm. (7 ¹⁄₈ x 19 ³⁄₈ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist

GAO QIFENG
Calligraphy
Round fan leaf, ink on silk
26.5 cm. (10 ³⁄₈ in.) in diameter
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist

YE GONGCHUO
Calligraphy
Fan leaf, ink on paper
18.3 x 49.2 cm. (7 ¹⁄₄ x 19 ³⁄₈ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist

CHEN YUXIANG
Dancing Butterflies
Round fan leaf, ink on silk
26.3 cm. (10 ³⁄₈ in.) in diameter
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated eighth month, jisi year (1929)

All dedicated to Wenfang (Ho Ka Chi)
Titleslips by Wenfang

2. CHEN YUXIANG
Butterflies
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink on paper
88 x 34 cm. (34 ⁵⁄₈ x 13 ³⁄₈ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated Mid-autumn, dingmao year (1927)
Dedicated to Wenfang (Ho Ka Chi)

Ho Ka Chi (circa 1896-1970), also known as Wen-fang, was born in Shunde, Guangdong. He studied at Queen’s College and later graduated from the University of Hong Kong. In 1962, he taught at Clementi Secondary School, where a scholarship was established under his name, known as the “Ho Ka Chi Scholarship”. His younger brother He Qiyuan (birth name Ho Ka Fong, 1899-1970), was one of the Seven Masters of the Lingnan School’s Tin Fung group.