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A private collection of fine Chinese paintings
一亚洲私人收藏的中國書畫

Assembled primarily during the 1960s from artists and dealers across Hong Kong and London, this collection had remained in Singapore, without much exposure at all, for nearly 50 years till the passing of its owner earlier this year.

該收藏多於上世紀六十年代購於香港及倫敦的畫家、畫廊，塵封留守新加坡近半世紀。

Lot 20

Wu Shixian (1845-1916)
Returning Sails off Distant Shores

Asian Art including a private collection of Chinese paintings

25 October 2017, 18:30 AEDT

Sydney

Sold for AU$5,490 inc. premium

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Wu Shixian (1845-1916)

Returning Sails off Distant Shores
ink and colour on paper, a pair of hanging scrolls
inscribed and signed Wu Shixian, each with one seal of the artist
30.0 x 40.5 cm each (2).

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PROVENANCE
Private collection, Singapore and Sydney

吳石僊　江渚歸帆（1892年作）　設色紙本立軸二幅

款識：或處江湖或處洲雨晴淡蕩自風流五湖四海為家業不知年曆幾多秋吳石僊
鈐印：吳石僊印

款識：江村雨盡雲低低漁父江邊集網西野客陸過橋上看幾番風送度山溪白下吳石僊
鈐印：吳石僊印

款識：煙籠荒野艇江波板屋幽滂靜渚多雨洗文峰晴掛翠嵐流星海渡帆羅白下吳石僊
鈐印：吳石僊印

款識：好雨重生萬物濃江河水漲蕩天空浮光雁塔雲煙靄野渡就池波浪衝壬辰浴佛節寫於釣臺野叟之別墅。吳石僊
鈐印：吳石僊印

傳承:
新加坡與悉尼私人收藏

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