Lot 3739: PEONIES

YAO HUA (1876-1930) PEONIES Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper Inscribed and signed by the artist, with two seals Dated the first month, dingmao year (1927) 26 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. (68 x 33.6 cm.)

68 x 33.6 cm.

Christie's New York, 2 December 1982, lot 626. Far East Fine Arts Inc., San Francisco, 1982.

Yao Hua (1876-1930),whose style name was Yi’e and pseudonym was Chongguang, was a famous seal-carver and book collector from Guizhou in the Republic period. He graduated from the Japanese University of Politics and Law and then became the president of Beijing Woman's Normal University. He collected many stones, paintings, and ancient books when he lived in Beijing.