Artist(s): Jin Tingbiao 金廷標 (17/18th C. - 1767) Qing DynastyInk and color on paper, Paintings Album Book, Bonded, with exterior hardcover.Length: 40 cm, Width: 33 cmSigned/Seal(s): Multiple seals, endorsedPROVENANCE:From the Estate Heirloom Collections of General He Shaozhou 何绍周 (1903 - 1980), born in Xingyi County, Guizhou Province, was the nephew of Yingchen He. He served as a General in the National Revolutionary Army and Lieutenant General in the Republic of China.After graduating from the 15th class of the Japanese Army Cadet School, he entered the first class of the Whampoa Military Academy (Republic of China Military Academy) in 1924 and participated in the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)'s Eastern Expedition and Northern Expedition. In 1939, he was promoted to Major General. In 1940, he became the Vice Commander of the newly organized 11th Army and the Vice Commander of the 8th Army, and in 1942, he became the Commander of the 88th Army. He was elected as a delegate to the First National Assembly and was promoted toLieutenant General in September 1948. The painting collections of General He Shaozhou 何绍周 presented and offered up to auctions: ON DAY-1: from Lot-129 through Lot-160ON DAY-2: from Lot-547 through Lot-578.For More information about General He ShaoZhou 何绍周, Please refer to this link: https://www.eden-galleries.com/General-he-shao-zhou-bioLOT NOTES:Jin Tingbiao 金廷標 (17/18th C. - 1767) Qing Dynasty, courtesy name Shikui, was a Chinese painter of the Qing dynasty, who served in the court of the Qianlong Emperor.Jin Tingbiao was a southern Chinese from Wucheng 烏程 in Huzhou. He was active between 1720 and 1760. He was summoned to the imperial court in Beijing after submitting his Album of Lohan in the Baimiao Style in 1757, during the Qianlong Emperor's second southern inspection tour. The emperor valued his works and often inscribed on them.Jin Tingbiao specialized in figural and architectural subjects and was famous for his illustrations of historical legends. He was a prominent member of the Ruyi Institute, the Qing academy of court painters, along with Jiao Bingzhen, Leng Mei, Yu Zhiding, Tang Dai, Yuan Jiang, and Yuan Yao.After his death in 1767, the Qianlong Emperor ordered his tieluo 貼落 "affixed hanging" paintings from palace walls to be remounted and entered into his personal catalog, the Shiqu baoji. He also gave Jin a seventh-ranked official title, but it's unclear whether it was made before his death.