Morning Glories
$500
QI BAISHI (1863-1957)
Morning Glories
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
102.3 x 34 cm. (40 ¼ x 13 3⁄8 in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist
One collector’s seal
NOTE:
The present owner is the daughter-in-law of Li Ping Shan (?-1979), who inherited the work in the 1960s. Li was a leading Shanghai entrepreneur in the marine and cargo industry. According to the present owner, Li received the painting in the 1940s from his close friend Jefferson Young (1914-2001), prominent retail magnate and founder of Da Da Department Store. Young was a renowned collector of Chinese paintings and the founding publisher of The Chancellor magazine.