Zhou Xinfang (1895~1975) came from a family of entertainers. He is an outstanding Peking Opera performance artist in China, the founder of the "Qi Pai", stage name Qilin Tong, a native of Qingjiangpu, Jiangsu Province (now Qingpu, Huai'an) on January 14, 1895, who joined the Communist Party of China in 1959 and died on March 8, 1975. Representative works such as "Xu Ce Running City", "Wulong Yuan", "Xiao He Yuexia Chasing Han Xin", "Four Jinshi", "Sweeping Song Xia Shu", "Chopping Scripture Hall", "Qingfeng Pavilion", "Sitting on the Building to Kill Pity", "Righteous Responsibility Wang Kui", "Fighting Yan Song" and so on. Zhou Xinfang's great contributions to Chinese Peking Opera, and most of them surpass those of his predecessors, are enough to make him one of the most important representatives of modern Peking Opera without shame.
Zhou Xinfang and art and literary celebrities such as Mao Heting, Wu Hufan, etc. are close friends, this time Hongsheng calligraphy and painting to tie the Zhou family's collection includes calligraphy and paintings and his sleeves, desk writing, of which most of the calligraphy and paintings are the famous maritime artists Mao Heting, Zhang Naiyan, Xu Bangda, Wang Yachen, Tao Shoubo, etc., most of them were made for their fiftieth birthday, reading beautiful and beautiful, childish And Elegant Lanxiang, and more signatures of Zhou's upper paragraph, slow reading and careful appreciation to reconstruct the vivid cultural past of the Republic of China. This batch of treasures has been preserved by the turbulent war to this day, and this year coincides with the 120th anniversary of Mr. Zhou's birth, entrusted by his descendants to auction Hongsheng, which is the best choice for the majority of collectors, especially friends who love Peking Opera.
Lot370 Returning from a trip to Korea in 1953 with Peking Opera performers
29× 20.5cm approx. 0.5 flat feet
lot381 Xu Bangda Songhe Hermitage Vertical Scroll Coloring on Paper, 1943
90×46cm approx. 3.8 flat feet
lot361 Tao Shou Bo Mei Shou Screen Strip Colored paper, 1943
67×24cm approx. 1.5 flat feet
lot366 Wang Yachen Yuletu Lens Coloring on Paper, 1943
68×33.5cm approx. 2.5 square feet
lot362 Anon. Eight Immortals WishIng For Life Wang Yachen Title Facing Screen Red Letter Coloring On Paper
179.5×40cm (×2) Approx. 6.6 flat feet (each)
Lot368 Mao Guangsheng Lishu excerpt "School Official's Monument" Vertical Scroll Ink on Paper
66×33cm approx. 2.0 square feet
lot369 Zhang Naiyan Kai Shu Seven Words Couplet Couplet Ink on Paper
134×32.5cm (×2) Approx. 4.0 flat feet (each frame)
lot373 Qihou On Painting Bamboo Small Talk Screen Strip Ink on Paper, 1940
130× 32.5cm approx. 4.5 square feet
lot378 Cheng Zong Yi Linshi Drum Text Vertical Axis Ink on Paper
102.5×49cm approx. 4.6 square feet
lot382 Ming Qingyu Axe
l:18.5cm in:4cm量145.6g
lot363 qing old ink twenty-eight ingots
Lot364 Zhou Xinfang used the chrysanthemum stone stone on the side of the yantai and the side of the stone
歙砚 l:17.7cm in:11.5 h3cm
菊花砚 l:24 w:15 h:3.5cm
lot376 Qing Jade Fu hollowed out the carved lock piece in front of his eyes
l:5.5 in:4cm重14.6g
lot377 Qing Emerald Boy holds the Dutch square card
l:6 in:5cm重24.2g
Hongsheng Spring Auction 2015 Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Special
Venue: 4th Floor, Portman Ritz-Carlton Shanghai (1376 Nanjing West Road, Jing'an District)
Preview: June 17-19, 2015
Auction: 20 June 2015