AFTER LANG SHINING/GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE (19TH CENTURY) CHRYSANTHEMUM A Chinese painting, ink and colour on paper, the signature reading chen Lang Shining gong hua, with two artist's seals, together with another painting of chrysanthemum in a basket, ink and colour on paper, with a signature which reads chen Yu Sheng gong hua, with two artist's seals, both framed and glazed, 82cm x 38cm and 58cm x 32cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Alexander Gordon Stephen (1862-1924), and thence by descent. The pictures are now in the collection of his descendant Colonel Sir James Lindsay. Alexander Stephen was born in Banff, Aberdeenshire. After working as an apprentice at the Town and Country Bank in Aberdeen, he joined the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in 1882. Stephen was then transferred to Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, where he was appointed as manager in 1912. He subsequently became chief manager in Shanghai in 1920. During his time at HSBC Shanghai, Stephen commissioned three pairs of bronze lions, which are still displayed at the HSBC buildings in Hong Kong, Shanghai and London. The lion on the left-hand side of each pair is popularly known as Stephen in memory of him. 郎世寧及余省（傳） 菊花 設色紙本 鏡面兩件 款識：臣郎世寧恭畫、臣余省恭畫。 鈐印：臣世寧、恭畫、臣、省。 來源：亞歷山大·戈登·史蒂芬（1862-1924）收藏，之後由家人陸軍上校James Lindsay紳士收藏。 史蒂芬先生生於蘇格蘭阿伯丁郡，在阿伯丁城市銀行工作一段時間之後，1882年他加入了匯豐銀行的倫敦辦公室。之後被調任至香港、新加坡及上海辦公室工作，並在1912年升任上海辦公室經理，在1920年他再次升任為上海辦公室總裁。於他在上海任職期間，他委託定制了三對銅獅，現在仍舊展示在香港、上海及倫敦辦公室，其中一隻以史蒂芬的名字來命名以紀念他的功績。