
Sold to Benefit George Watson's College, Edinburgh
Auction Closed
November 5, 05:06 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Attributed to Huang Gongwang, Landscape
ink on silk, hanging scroll
signed Huang Gongwang and with two seals
Colophon by Wang Cunshan (1849-1916), dated to the jihai year of Guangxu (1899) and with one seal
87 x 41 cm, 34¼ by 16⅛ in.
Gifted to Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937) by Wang Cunshan (1849-1916), China, 1899, and thence by descent to his daughter, Mary Stewart Lockhart (1894-1985).
Gifted by the above to George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, 1967.
Chinese Paintings from the Collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart, Betty Joel Gallery, London, 18 June-18 July 1927, cat. no. 19.
Chinese Paintings, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Art Centre [Talbot Rice Gallery], Edinburgh, 15 March-14 April 1971, cat. no. 28.
National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2004-2025 (on loan).
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