Lot 118
Attributed to Ma Yuanyu (1669-1722), Egret and Lotus Flowers, Dated 1705
Lot 118 Details
Attributed to Ma Yuanyu (1669-1722), Egret and Lotus Flowers, Dated 1705
马元驭 (1669-1722)款 荷塘立鹭图 设色绢本 镜框
Inscribed to the upper left with two seals of the artist, further inscribed with dedicatory remarks to Dr. Potter, dated March 18, 1939; ink and colour on silk, later mounted on patterned silk, framed;
image 43.1 x 20.3 in (109.5 x 51.5 cm)
frame 55.5 x 27.2 in — 141 x 69 cm
Estimate $8,000-$10,000
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Provenance:
Collection of Dr. Alexander O. Potter (1897-1969), thence by descent within the family.
加拿大滑铁卢学院系主任卜德博士收藏
于1937获赠于上海扶轮社
后由其后人珍藏至今
Note:
Dr. Alexander Oberlander Potter (1897-1969) was a professor at Waterloo College (now Wilfrid Laurier University) in Waterloo, Ontario. He became the first Dean and Executive Head of the Waterloo College in 1924, and served as Assistant to the President of Rotary International, Paris, France from 1937-1938.
亚历山大卜德博士(1897-1969)曾在加拿大安大略省滑铁卢学院，成为第一任系主任以及行政主管一直到1924年。并于1937-1938年间在法国巴黎担任扶轮社主席助理