Lot 147. Cheng Shifa (1921-2007), Blooming Flowers, ink and colour on paper, framed  signed, dated 1960, inscribed, with 3 seals of the artist; 101 x 66.5 cm 39¾ x 26⅛ in. Lot sold: 3,024,000 HKD (Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022

Inscription: On a summer day of jiwei year, I found this hollyhocks painting in an old bamboo chest, which I painted in gengzi year. Twenty years have passed since then, and this painting was executed when I first entered a new phase of stylistic and technical changes. Inscribed by Cheng Shifa in Shanghai.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, Fine Modern Chinese Paintings, 25 November 1987, Lot 45.

Sotheby's. HOTUNG  The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung: Part 1, Hong Kong, 9 October 2022