Mandarin Ducks in Lotus Pond
$500
DING YANYONG (1902-1978)
Mandarin Ducks in Lotus Pond
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
70 x 138.5 cm. (27 ½ x 54 ½ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Shiming
NOTE:
The recipient of the painting, Shiming, refers to Chiu Sai Ming (1905-2004), father of Prof. L. Y. Chiu, and a native of Chenghai, Guangdong. He graduated from the Western Painting Department of the Guangzhou Municipal School of Fine Arts in 1926, being a member of the first graduating class of that school. His younger brother is the renowned Lingnan school artist Zhao Shiguang (1916-2007).