Artist: Tang Di 湯滌 (1878 - 1948)
Cockscomb Blossoms and Hens, Flower Blooms and Magpies, Couplet
Ink and color on paper, Sansebiao mount, Vertical Axis Hanging scrolls
Painting (Sight): Each, Length: 105 cm, Width: 36 cm
Dated: In The Early Summer of Jia Shen Year (1944)
Signed/Seal(s): Each Signed, with Artist seal

PROVENANCE: The Exceptional Collections of Lieutenant General Cai Wenzhi 蔡文治 (1911 - January 9, 1994), Courtesy Name: Dingwu 定武, Spouse: Madame Wu Peiqi 吳佩琪 (Wu Peifu's 吳佩孚's younger sister). Cai Wenzhi born in Huanggang County, Hubei Province (Xinzhou District, Wuhan City). Graduated from the ninth period of the Whampoa Military Academy and the thirteenth period of the Army University. Lieutenant General of the National Revolutionary Army.

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The collections of General Cai Wenzhi 蔡文治 presented and offered up to auctions:
ON DAY - 1: From Lot - 85 through Lot - 161, and continued from Lot - 319 through Lot - 350.
ON DAY - 2: from Lot - 463 through Lot - 533, and continued from Lot - 699 through Lot - 740.

LOT NOTES/ ARTIST BIO:
Tang Di 湯滌 (1878 - 1948) known as Dingzhi (courtesy name) and Lesun (pseudonym), was born in Jiangsu, China. Tang excels at painting and likes to draw Chinese plums, orchids, bamboos, pines and cypresses in his studio, Bai Du Room. In China, Tang is recognized as one of the most important painters in Beijin in the beginning of the 20th century.

Over all in EXCELLENT Condition. Natural imperfection on the medium (paper or silk), regardless from any major damages; includes light blooms, discoloration and minor fading. Consider normal due to the ages. Frame with normal anomalies in nature, sign of stressed surface, minor scratch & dents. Surface traced wear and or declined to gilding. Normal, consider ages and wear.
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