XUGU (1824-1896)Squirrels and LoquatsInk and colour on paper, framedSigned Juefei an Xugu, with one seal of the artist and one collector's sealDated xinmao year (1891)119.5 x 56cm (47 x 28in)For further information on this lot please visit theProvenance: Provenance:Private Hong Kong Collection, acquired in Beijing auction in 2007.虛谷　松鼠枇杷　設色紙本　鏡框　一八九一年作款識：辛卯（1891）冬月，覺非盦虛谷。鈐印：虛谷書畫藏印：園丁珍賞來源：香港私人珍藏，二〇〇七年購於北京拍賣會。註：据藏印，本幅經閔泳翊（1860-1914）珍藏，「園丁珍賞」乃吳昌碩為閔氏所刻藏印。閔泳翊，字子相、遇鴻，號芸楣、竹楣、園丁等，乃朝鮮王朝外戚權臣。閔氏「幼頗慧悟，嗜書畫」，早歲即在朝鮮畫壇有名望。一八八四年，朝鮮甲申政變，閔氏一黨受重創，被迫流亡中國。其先客居廣東，後至蘇州、上海，於今北京路瑞康里766號設「千尋竹齋」。閔泳翊嗜書畫，漢學底蘊深厚，很快融入海派書畫群體，尤與吳昌碩、任伯年、胡公壽、錢慧安等友善。閔氏去世後，吳昌碩曾作長詩挽之，並曰「（閔泳翊）客滬上，交卅餘載，嗜余刻印」。