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…