Mrs Thatcher’s Chinese Paintings Up For Sale

Posted: October 19th, 2025 | No Comments »

A couple of curiosities up for auction, a scroll painting with a little mystery we can soon solve I reckon (sorry not really my period) – “Late 20th Century, Landscape with Mountains, a Boy and Ox, Ink and wash on paper, Signed ‘Li ?’ Any ideas on the artist?

The painting was given to Mrs Thatcher on her trip to China in 1982 after a visit to the Beijing Fine Art Academy. Her estate has just put it up for sale.

Hu Shuan’an (1916-1988), Roaring Tiger Scroll, give to Thatcher by the Chinese. The Thatcher archive records though are not sure if she got this one in 1979 from Premier Hua Guofeng on his visit to London or in 1982 after her visit to the Beijing Art Academy. Anyway, they’ve put it up for sale….

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