A painting of white magnolia
Signed Yunhua Daoshi, cyclically dated to the Yimao year corresponding to 1918, and of the periodInk and pigment on silk, with calligraphic inscription claiming the painting is in the Song dynasty style, signature and seal of the artist, framed and glazed. The painting, 90.5cm (35 5/8in) long x 39cm (15 3/4in) wide (2).
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Provenance: William Beatty, Assistant Commissioner, Shanghai Municipal Police, 1919-1928, and thence by descent. William Beatty's father was a protestant missionary. The family returned to England shortly after the Second World War.