Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 01 Jul 2020
PU RU (1896-1963) GAZING AT A WATERFALL A Chinese painting
溥儒（1896-1963） 山澗聽泉 設色紙本 鏡面
PU RU (1896-1963)
GAZING AT A WATERFALL
A Chinese painting, ink and colour on paper, inscribed and signed Xinyu with four artist's seals, framed and glazed, 100cm x 32.5cm.
Provenance: from an English private collection. Formerly in the collection of Tsui Tsuntong (1941-2010), also known as T T Tsui, who was a famous Chinese art collector, entrepreneur and the founder of the Tsui Art Foundation. Tsui purchased this painting at Sotheby's Hong Kong on 17th May 1990, lot 75. The current owner lived and worked in Hong Kong for over 20 years, the last two of which were spent working in T T Tsui's group of companies. During this time he acquired many Chinese artworks, and this particular painting was given to him directly from T T Tsui.
Pu Ru was a cousin of Pu Yi, the last Emperor of China. In this painting by him, the scholar stands in front of a waterfall, admiring its beauty and listening to its cascading waters, comparing the sound to music played on the qin, a traditional Chinese instrument.
款識：行盡崎嶇路萬盤，滿山空翠濕衣寒。松風澗水天然調，抱得琴來不用彈。心畬。
鈐印：松巢客、舊王孫、溥儒、西山真逸。
來源：英國私人收藏。趙從衍舊藏（1941-2010），購於1990年5月17日香港蘇富比，編號75。
註：現藏家曾在香港工作二十餘年，其中有兩年曾與趙從衍共事，此期間與趙建立了深厚的友誼。在其回英國之際，贈此畫作別。
趙從衍出生於江蘇，1948年移居香港。著名中國藝術品收藏家、企業家、趙從衍基金會創始人。
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