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Ex. Collection of Xin Yaowen (Xin Fangsu, Chinese, late 19th-mid 20th Century).

Property from a Distinguished Pennsylvania Collection

The owners of this collection were part-owners of an international company that carried them across the globe and frequently to China. It was during these journeys that their fascination with Chinese works of art first took hold, nurtured by encounters with objects that spoke to both artistry and heritage. Over the course of a single decade, between 1986 and 1996, they assembled the core of their collection—acquiring primarily from leading dealers in the United States, with select additions from Europe, Canada, and Hong Kong.

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辛仿蘇舊藏。辛仿蘇即辛耀文，順德北滘人，晚清廣東籍書畫大藏家，堂號“避三端室”，取“君子避三端”之意。。父輩於廣州沙基業糧油生意，家業隆盛，故辛氏青年時一擲千金購求書畫，適時聽颿樓、風滿樓、海山仙館之舊物相繼散出，透過畫商謝頌棠等經紀其事，佳者漸為辛氏所得。清末民初之交，於京師訪購得傳為元代王振鵬（十四世紀前期）繪有蘇東坡像的冊頁，因改號仿蘇；後又得程瑤田（1725-1814）《芋花圖》，遂自號芋花庵主。其時復於北京購得破落舊宗室貴冑家散出名品不少。

本品由某國際集團的家族後人委托。作爲經營者，委托方奔波四海，1986-1996年間頻繁往返中美，藏品中的書畫和珍玩在此期間購自美國、歐洲、加國和香港古董商。