Artist: Hong Yi (23 October 1880 - 13 October 1942)
Ink on paper, Yisebiao mount, Vertical Axis Couplet
Painting (Sight): Length: 66 cm, Width: 16 cm (EACH)
Dated: In the Bing Zi Year (1936)
Signed/Seal(s): Signed, with Two Seals

PROVENANCE:

These Important Paintings collection all originated from one prominent collector, spanning from Lot-95 to Lot-154 (Day 1), continuing from Lot-402 to Lot-456 (Day 2).

LOT NOTES:

Hong Yi (23 October 1880 – 13 October 1942), also romanized Hung Yit), or Yan Yin, born Li Shutong; was a Chinese Buddhist monk, artist and art teacher. He also went by the names Wen Tao, Guang Hou, and Shu Tong, but was most commonly known by his Buddhist name, Hong Yi. He was a master painter, musician, dramatist, calligrapher, seal cutter, poet, and Buddhist monk.