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Lot 11

Chen Wen Hsi
(Singaporean, 1906-1991)
Gibbons at Play

26 September 2025, 12:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

Sold for HK$192,000 inc. premium

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Chen Wen Hsi (Singaporean, 1906-1991)

Gibbons at Play

both signed in Chinese, with one artist's seal (left) and one collector's seal (lower right)
ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll

33.5 x 44.3 cm (13 1/4 x 17 3/8 in) each

Footnotes

Provenance
Formerly in the Collection of Mingzhai.
Private collection, Asia.

陳文希
猿嬉雙圖 
設色紙本 立軸

簽條:陳文希(雙猿逸品),公元一九八〇年秋,明齋裱于香江。

款識:文希記

鈐印:陳氏、明齋所珍

來源
南洋明齋舊藏
亞洲私人收藏

註:楊作明(1925-1984),廣東潮州澄海人,後移居馬來西亞從商。雖是僑胞身份,卻對中國書畫十分著迷,自行鑽研書畫收藏。約六十年代末期,經由楊之光先生推薦而個別造訪北京榮寶齋、天津藝苑及上海畫苑等地,收購許多該地區著名書畫家之作。因南洋地區專業裝裱行當較不風行,楊先生還曾特地在香港逗留多時,就教於裝池能手,返家後自行裱畫,其專注與投入,絕非一般收藏家可與比肩。

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