明 夏昶清风高节明 夏昶清风高节水墨绢本 立轴185 x 84 cm. (72 7/8 x 33 1/8 in.)题识：清风高节 。东吴夏昶仲昭作。钤印：夏氏仲昭印、一印漫漶藏印：潘仕成（1804-1873）：子韶审定、德畬吴鸣（1902-？）：冈州吴氏喜雨楼藏王南屏（1924-1985）：南屏珍藏、王南屏印注：1. 王南屏《论收藏》载：“一九六九年，朱省斋告日昨偕庞耐赴吴明医生处有夏仲昭墨竹一轴，画既平常，且又残破，彼竞出价美金干元，而吴氏非二千不让，殊属怪事，予韪其言，亦未深究，至一九七〇年夏，予赴澳门菓医生家购画，忽见其书桌上有墨竹照片甚佳，乃夏仲昭《清风高节轴》也，亟询其此画安在，叶云早已售与吴医生矣，予返港即挽人往询吴医生，覆云此画仍在，价实二千，须另加佣，予急偕往观，并即购之，此因误会而几失机会之例也。”2. 潘仕成，字德畬、德舆、子韶，祖籍漳州，晚清广州十三行的巨贾。潘氏经商从政之余，亦是慈善家及古董、书画收藏家。3. 吴鸣，号冈州老泉，广东新会人，曾任广州市立传染病院院长及佛山市立医院院长，书画家、收藏家。FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNA FANG, MADAME WONG NAN-PING (LOTS 824-829)Anna Fang (1924-2022) was the wife of the renowned connoisseur Wong Nan-ping (1924–1985), distinguished collector of Chinese paintings and calligraphy of the twentieth century. The couple met during their studies in Shanghai. They moved to Hong Kong in the late 1940s, where they continued their pursuit of collecting and studying paintings and calligraphy. A leading member of the collecting group Min Chiu Society, for decades Wong Nan-ping formed deep friendships with artists and collectors, often travelling between Hong Kong and Taiwan accompanied by Madame Wong. In the 1970s, the couple frequently visited the United States and Canada to visit their children, and during these trips, they were able to visit North American museums and universities. Madame Wong thus became acquainted with many scholars, collectors and artists.After Wong Nan-ping passed away in 1985, Madame Wong donated the important calligraphy by Wang Anshi (1021-1086) and the Southern Song edition of his complete works to the Shanghai Museum, fulfilling the long-held wish of her late husband. With intimate knowledge of the collecting journey of Wong Nan-ping, she also contributed to the touring exhibition of masterpieces from the Jade Studio, beginning at the Yale University Art Gallery in 1993, and the seminal publication The Jade Studio: Masterpieces of the Ming and Qing Painting and Calligraphy from the Wong Nan-ping Collection, compiled and published by preeminent scholars including Richard Barnhart that followed. This spring, Christie’s is honoured to present a selection of paintings from the collection of Anna Fang, Madame Wong Nan-ping. A close companion and partner in life and art of Wong Nan-ping for nearly four decades, Madame Wong not only played a crucial role in the founding of the Jade Studio Collection, and also in the preservation and continuation of its legacy.Details XIA CHANG (1388-1470)Bamboo and RockHanging scroll, ink on silk185 x 84 cm. (72 7/8 x 33 1/8 in.)Entitled and signed, with one seal of the artistFive collector’s seals: two of Pang Shicheng (1804-1873), one of Wu Ming (1902-?) and two of Wong Nanping (1924-1985)One illegible seal Literature Wong Nan-p’ing ed., Select Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, South China Photo-Process Printing Co. Ltd, Hong Kong, 1975, pp.22-23.Tian Hong, Wang Nanping’s Collection of Ancient Chinese Paintings, Vol.1, Tianjin People’s Fine Art Publishing, Tianjin, July 2015, p.36, pl.8. Conditions of sale