Description: Chinese scroll painting - Wu Li Lai, Blooming peach branch, ink and colors on paper,
inscribed in Chinese calligraphy, provided with two seals, mounted on hanging scroll, silk border, slight staining and foxing, some defects to the scroll, image ca. 51x32cm, total measures approx. 158x42cm-Provenance: Private Collection of the Chinese Family Zhan Jifeng: In the 1920s Mr. Zhan Jifeng was a respected lawyer in Shanghai, who moved in high-profile political circles and frequently served as legal counsel in numerous town-known trials, furthermore he was very enthusiastic about both ancient and modern Chinese art and built a diversified private art collection comprising valuable objects of all kinds, while maintaining lively contacts with many artists and other collectors. The family managed to keep their collected treasures as the family members moved to Taiwan in the late 1940s and to Hong Kong at the end of the 20th century and nowadays reside in North America. ------------- 吴理婡 桃花 题识:理婡写 钤印:吴、理婡 ---------------- 詹纪凤家族简介 詹纪凤先生祖籍中国广东,据考证,是有“中国铁路之父”、“中国近代工程之父”之称的著名工程学家、詹天佑先生的后人。詹纪凤先生出生于清代晚期,青年时期游学于日本名校右バ本大学,研修法律专业。学成后返回祖国,在民国初年活动于上海,凭借留洋所学迅速成为了一位名震上海的大律师,为当时无数知名企业及各界名人担任法律顾问,赢得了不少著名官司,其中包括名动上海的平襟亚和徐志摩、陆小曼夫妇的版权案,凭借大律师背景和上流身份更与政界、军界要人过往甚密,先后担任淞沪警备司令部法律顾问、汪精卫时期司法行政部参事等要职。不仅如此,詹纪凤先生学通古今、知识渊博,对艺术领域亦情有独钟,与不少书画家、收藏家素有往来,其个人收藏颇丰,覆盖面极广。民国末期,携珍藏多年的古董书画举家迁往台湾。上世纪末,詹纪凤家族辗转至中国香港,后侨居北美。本次拍卖中的 LOT 493、LOT 494、LOT 495、LOT 496、LOT 497 号拍品均为詹纪凤家族直接提供,敬请各位买家重点留意。