Journalist's ink painting bought in 1950s China to feature at Chiswick Auctions

Qi Baishi’s painting of bees and chrysanthemums is coming up for sale at Chiswick Auctions, featuring both a charming subject and history as it once belonged to a journalist who trod on Chairman Mao Zedong’s toe.

David Chipp (1927-2008) was the first Western journalist in Communist China where he worked as a Reu…

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