(Chinese, 1926-1900)
Four Loose Leaves Depicting Flowers
(1) ink and color on gilt paper, folding fan leaf
signed and dated year xinwei (1871), with one artist seal, Menglu xie sheng, two collectors' seals, Xiyu lou cang, Chen Yisheng.
(2) ink and color on gilt paper, folding fan leaf
signed and inscribed, with a dedication, one artist seal, Menglu, two collectors' seals, Xiyu lou cang, Chen Yisheng.
(3) ink and color on paper, loose leaf
signed with a dedication, dated year gengchen (1880), with one artist seal, Cheng yin, and one collector's seal, Chen Yisheng.
(4) ink and color on silk, loose leaf
signed with a dedication, dated year gengchen (1880), with one artist seal, Menglu.
朱偁
(清晚期,1826-1900)
(1)桃花麻雀
金箋設色,鏡片
款識:辛未(1871)重九日夢廬朱偁寫。
鈐印:夢廬寫生、喜雨樓藏、陳毅生、
(2)桃花麻雀
金箋設色,鏡片
款識:月乍上,夢正幽,▯▯一片繞羅羅,浮看化小鳥,多情福穩睡,都無▯夜憂。調寄桂殿秋寫▯。迪生二兄大方家之教。玉溪釣史朱偁作於中江客次。
鈐印:夢廬、喜雨樓藏、陳毅生
(3)花蝶圖
紙本設色,鏡片
款識:心源一兄大人雅屬,庚辰(1880)首夏夢廬朱偁。
鈐印:偁印、陳毅生藏
(4)牡丹圖
絹本設色,鏡片
款識:少梅仁兄大人法正,庚辰(1880)秋八月夢廬朱偁寫于滬上。
鈐印:夢廬
Smaller square painting: 11 x 11 in., 27.9 x 27.9 cm.
Property from the Collection of Leung Kum Wah, Ontario, Canada
Ex. Collection of Afonso Chen, Canada
Mr. LEUNG KIM WAH, an investment banker and avid collector, integrates his passion for art with his cultural activities. He has resided in Canada for four decades where he has held senior positions with major Canadian banks, and currently sits on the board of governors of the Chinese Culture Centre of Greater Toronto, as well as boards of Crown corporations of Canada. Mr. Leung regularly makes charitable contributions to universities, hospitals and Chinese communities.
Mr. Leung has developed close relationships with other collectors, having acquired fan paintings and many scroll paintings from the collection of the late Afonso Chen(陳毅生), a prominent attorney in Macau. Several paintings from this collection have been exhibited at the Royal Ontario Museum and illustrated in the accompanying catalogue More Than Keeping Cool: Chinese Fans and Fan Painting. Other pieces in Mr. Leung’s collection were purchased through the Chen family, well-known Southeast Asian collectors of paintings and calligraphy from the Lingnan and other schools, who also resided in Canada.
Mr. Leung’s commitment to the preservation of cultural heritage and legacy is evident in his collecting across categories; since the 1990s, Mr. Leong has developed a significant collection of Chinese painting and other arts.
梁錦華先生是著名的華裔投資銀行家,歷任加拿大主要銀行證券部執行董事及國營企業公司董事。在旅居加拿大的四十年中,先後被政府委以重要經貿公職。梁先生亦長期擔任大多倫多中華文化中心監事會委員,致力於推動本地文教及公益事業。
梁先生是一名資深收藏家。90年代起他受澳門大律師陳毅生先生影響接觸到中國書畫,從此開始系統性收藏。本次上拍的一部分扇面小品及捲軸即陳毅生律師之舊藏,其中不少曾借展于皇家安大略省博物館2001-2002年間舉辦的《中國扇》 (More Than Keeping Cool: Chinese Fans and Fan Painting) 大展,並著錄于該展圖錄。梁先生的另一批書畫來自東南亞名門陳氏家族,該家族以收藏嶺南派著稱,現旅居加拿大及東南亞兩地。