Lot 359: FRAMED SONG DYNASTY LIU SONGNIAN HAND SCROLL

Liu Songnian (刘松年; 1174–1224 CE) Framed Song Dynasty Chinese traditional hand scroll painting, ink and color on paper laid to silk, signed and dated. Depicted group of figurines and a horse. Shows numerous panels of themed calligraphy inscriptions followed with red signature seals. Set upon a silk matt, protected behind acrylic, set behind glass, and wooden framed.

Height: 22 1/2"Width: 97"

ink, watercolor, paper

Song Dynasty

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From the heirloom collections of Wu Guozhen (吳國楨; October 21, 1903-June 6, 1984) was a Chinese political figure and historian, government official who served as mayor of Hankow (1932-1938), mayor of Chung-king (1939-1941), political vice minister of foreign affairs (1943-45), mayor of Shanghai (1946-1948), and governor of Taiwan (1950-1952) and the former Chairman of Taiwan Provincial Government. He resigned in 1953 and went to the United States, charging that Taiwan was becoming a police state.
K.C. Wu lived in the United States where he served as professor of Chinese history at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. During his time in the United States, he wrote various works, including a detailed analysis on Chinese culture in the context of mythology and early history in his book The Chinese Heritage.
Wu is remembered mainly for his vital role in the formation of a liberal modern Taiwan and his anti-communist beliefs typical of a member of Kuomintang, but he is also remembered for his brave anti-Kuomintang rhetoric and turbulent disagreements with the more Russian-styled second President of Taiwan.

The Collections of Wu Guozhen (吳國楨) presented and offered up to auctions
ON DAY-1: from Lot-97 through Lot-127, continued from Lot-219 through Lot-255.
ON DAY-2: from Lot-354 through Lot-377, continued from Lot-451 through Lot-480.

Liu Songnian (刘松年; 1174–1224 CE) was a Chinese figure and landscape painter during the early Southern Song Dynasty (1127–1279). He was active from about 1190-1230 and is considered one of the Four Masters of the Southern Song dynasty, which also included Li Tang, Ma Yuan and Xia Gui. He studied and worked at the Imperial Academy of Painting in Hangzhou, capital of the Southern Song dynasty. Liu entered the Southern Song Imperial Academy of Painting as a student in 1189, and went on to become a painter-in-attendance from 1190-1194. During the reign of Emperor Ningzong of Song,he received a prestigious award for his work. Liu followed the tradition of Li Tang. Lius style influenced the work of Ma Yuan and Xia Gui.