Lot 311 , Xue Weng (Chinese, mid 20th century), (2)

Xue Weng (Chinese, mid 20th century), a scroll painting of a cockatoo amid plum and magnolia blossom, signed, inscribed and dated 35th year of the Republic of China (1947), image 91cm x 29.5cm excluding border, together with a second scroll painting of a butterfly and blossom, 59.5cm x 22.5cm (2)
Estimate £200-300

Provenance: Lady Cripps, who during the second world war was President of the British united Aid to China Fund and in June 1946 was appointed a GBE for her services. Later that year, she undertook an extensive tour of China where she was the guest of General Chiang Kai-shek. During her tour she was invited by Mao Zedong to visit Yenan and welcomed on her arrival by Madame Jiang. The first scroll painting was gifted to Lady Cripps on a visit to the National Central University in modern day Nanjing in 1947 according to the inscription.




There are horizontal creases and occasional minor scuffs to the paper and silk borders on both paintings, otherwise in good condition.


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Sold for £13,000