S otheby’s Hong Kong is delighted to present over 200 modern Chinese paintings in the upcoming Fall auction. Headlining the sale is Zhang Daqian’s Mist at Dawn from the M K Lau Collection, a masterpiece emblematic of the artist zenith of splashed-colour achievement in the 1960s.

Appearing in the market for the first time, the celebrated Trautmann Collection of Chinese paintings is a testament to taste and an embodiment of era-defining Sino-German cultural exchanges by Dr Oskar Paul Trautmann, former German ambassador to China from 1931 to 1938 known by his “Trautmann Mediation” before the Second Sino-Japanese War. Acquired directly from artists including Xu Beihong and Qi Baishi, the groupings were extensively exhibited across Germany in the 1930s.

Sotheby’s is also honored to present works from prestigious collections, including the M K Lau Collection, the collection of Jao Tsung I Foundation, and the Feng Kanghou family collection. These paintings are joined by an assemblage of exquisite works, including a stunning abstract cypress painting by Wu Guanzhong and a remarkable landscape album drawn meticulously by Pu Ru, showcasing the myriad development of ink paintings over the course of the Twentieth Century.

香港蘇富比中國書畫秋季拍賣將推出作品逾二百幀，以「梅潔樓」藏張大千潑彩山水鉅製〈春雲曉靄〉最為矚目。中國近代歷史關鍵人物、前德國駐華大使陶德曼收藏首度公開，亦焦點所在，包括徐悲鴻、齊白石寫贈之作品，曾於上世紀三十年代於德國各地展覽，至今方再面世。此外，彙集多項香港及海外私人收藏，如「梅潔樓」藏廿世紀名家書畫、饒宗頤基金藏饒氏精品、馮康侯家屬收藏書畫等，以至吳冠中取材自蘇州司徒廟四株漢柏之〈清奇古怪〉、溥儒〈閒山靜水〉絹本十二開冊等，各家風貌，傳統創新，一爐共冶。