Lot 8: ZHENG XU   (1858 – unknown date)

ZHENG XU (1858 – unknown date)
GUO ZESHOU (1883 – 1943)
Hermit
ink and colour on paper, folding fan
signed ZHENG XU, dated 1928, with one seal of the artist. The reverse, calligraphy by GUO ZISHOU
19.5 x 43cm.
鄭煦、郭則壽等
書法、設色紙本 扇面兩幅
Provenance: Collection of Mr and Mrs Chen. The Chens arrived in London in the late 1960s to set up as successful restaurateurs and were passionate collectors of Chinese art, mainly acquiring pieces within London since that date. They moved in circles of artists and connoisseurs and counted among their close friends the artists Fei Chengwu (1911 – 2000) and Zhang Qianying (1909 – 2003).