DING YANYONG (1902-1978) Flowers in Vase

DING YANYONG (1902-1978)
Flowers in Vase
Scroll, mounted and framed, watercolour on paper
58 x 38 cm. (22 7⁄8 x 15 in.)
Inscribed and signed by the artist
Dated 11 May, 1973

Provenance
Acquired directly from the family of Yau Man Shum by the present owner.

Literature
This collection formerly belonged to Mr. Yau Man Shum, a student of Ding Yanyong. Mr. Yau studied at the Tsinghua Academy in Hong Kong during the 1970s and graduated in 1975 as a member of the twelfth graduating class. During this period, he studied under Ding Yanyong, who was appointed as the head of the Department of Art at Tsinghua Academy in 1972 and served until 1977.