Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 23 Nov 2021
ZHANG SHUQI (1900-1957)
張書旂（1900-1957） 花下雛雞
ZHANG SHUQI (1900-1957)
A BLACK HEN AMIDST FLOWERS
A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, title-slip by Xue Xun dated xin zheng san nian, signed Shuqi Zuo, with one artist's seal, inscribed and dated Christmas 1942, Field Marshal Wavell kindly accepted as a gift from Luo Zhuoying, 110cm x 31.5cm.
Provenance: Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, KStJ, PC, 1883-1950, and thence by descent.
Luo Zhuoying (1896-1961), was a Republic of China General in the National Revolutionary Army. Luo served during the Second Sino-Japanese War and was later the Chairman of the Government of Guangdong Province. While Luo was a prominent military and political leader, he was also renowned for his talent in poetry and literature. After the Chinese victories, he published his poems inspired by the battles of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
學訓署簽：張書旂粉末花下雛雞立軸，辛巳三月學訓題簽。
設色紙本 立軸
羅卓英題識：魏飛爾將軍惠存，羅卓英贈，一九四二年耶穌誕節。
款識：書旂作。
鈐印：書旂
來源：英國陸軍元帥阿奇博爾德·波西瓦爾·魏菲爾伯爵一世（1883-1950）收藏，之後由其後人繼承。
註：羅卓英 (1896-1961) 曾擔任中華民國軍事司令長官及廣東省政府主席。羅身經百戰，為抗日戰爭的的重要將領。羅卓英是頗有文學底蘊的儒將，他鍾情文學和擅長寫詩，抗戰勝利後羅曾出版創作於抗戰時期的詩集。
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