Ming Dynasty Qiu Ying "Ladies" Painting Mr. J. N. Yang 1921年出生於江蘇的書香世家。因祖上曾入朝爲官，也有人經商有成，家中幾代下來，累積了不少財富，也收藏了不少古董和字畫。Mr. J. N. Yang從小成長在自家大宅内，族中長輩多爲文人雅士，Mr. J. N. Yang自然也在中國古典文化的熏陶中成長。Mr. J. N. Yang 1960年代起開始了他個人的收藏生涯。Mr. J. N. Yang成功保存了他大部分字畫類的收藏品，並於1980年代末帶著他的收藏品隨子女一同移民美國紐約州。Mr. J. N. Yang前幾年在至親的陪伴下在家中安詳離世。Mr. J. N. Yang的家族經過商量決定有Mr. J. N. Yang的一位孫女Mrs. Smith作為代表，與我們取得聯繫並同意將Mr. J. N. Yang的收藏品委托給我們進行拍賣。   Mr. J. N. Yang was born in 1921 to a family of scholars in the Jiangsu province of China. Several of Mr. Yang's ancestors were ranked government officials in the Qing Dynasty. Mr. Yang’s family also owned several successful businesses. Mr. Yang's family accumulated a lot of wealth and collected a lot of Chinese antiques. Mr. Yang grew up in the family mansion, most of the elders in his family were scholars. Mr. Yang naturally grew up under the influence of Chinese classical culture. Mr. Yang started his personal collecting career in the 1960s. Mr. Yang successfully preserved most of his calligraphy and painting collections and immigrated to the state of New York with his children in the late 1980s. Mr. Yang passed away peacefully at his home in the company of loved ones a couple years ago. Mr. Yang's surviving family decided to have one of Mr. Yang's granddaughter, Mrs. Smith reach out to us. On behalf of the Yang Family, Mrs. Smith has given us the authorization to auction off Mr. Yang’s collection.