Zhao Zhiqian and Qian Hong - New Year Offering 清供图

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ink and colour on paper 31 7/8 x 16 3/4 in, 81 x 42.7 cm Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll. Signed Xueqiao Qian Hong (19th Century), with two artist’s seals. Inscribed with a poem signed Zhao Zhiqian (1829 - 1884) with two seals, dated renwu (1882). Inscribed on the scroll mounting by Zeng Ruitian, a member of the Huifeng Banking Corporation (HSBC), Hankou, gifting the scroll to the manager of HSBC, Mr. Meisheng (Valentine Mason), dated 1940. Valentine Mason was a notable director in the history of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), overseeing branches across East Asia. Following the Second World War, Mason became the first post-war manager of HSBC Tokyo when it officially reopened in 1947. This painting was gifted to him by Zeng Ruitian on behalf of HSBC, Hankou in 1940, as the inscription stated. 设色纸本 立轴 钦印：雪樵书画、钱鸿 钦印：会稽赵之谦印信长寿、定光佛再世隊落娑媻世界凡夫 钦印：瑞田 Valentine Mason（梅生）是香港上海汇丰银行（HSBC）发展史上的重要成员之一，民国时期曾任职于东亚地区多家分行。战后，梅森重返亚洲，并于1947年汇丰东京分行正式复业时出任首任战后经理。本作1940年由汇丰银行汉口分行同人赠予“梅生行长”。 PROVENANCE A gift from Zeng Ruitian on behalf of HSBC to Valentine Mason, Hankou, 1940 By descent to the present Private Collection, Toronto

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