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Auction date Wednesday 27 November 2024 13:00 - 17:30 GMT

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Head of Sale:

William Batt

Auction:

Wednesday 27th November at 1pm

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Monday 25th November 9.30am - 7pm

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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
508	A CHINESE LADIES BLUE SILK ROBE late Qing dynasty, decorated with butterflies and sprays of flowers and leafy tendrils, 130cm long	£200 - £400	£160	View
509	A CHINESE SILK ROBE Late Qing dynasty, the blue ground woven with auspicious symbols, the contrasting trim with figures in landscapes, 93cm long	£80 - £150	£850	View
510	A CHINESE SILK HANGING early 20th century, depicting the goddess Magu walking through countryside next to a deer, the image 237cm high x 47cm wide	£800 - £1,500	-	View
511	A CHINESE HANGING 'CHARACTER' SILK early 20th century, each of the characters woven from bats flowers and foliage, 225cm high x 42cm wide	£500 - £1,000	-	View
512	FIVE PAIRS OF CHINESE SILKS late 19th/early 20th century, variously depicting figures, flora and fauna, woven in vibrant tones, the largest 100cm long (10) Provenance: The collection of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss (1865-1944)…	£100 - £200	£320	View
513	A COLLECTION OF EIGHT CHINESE SILKS late 19th/early 20th century, including two pairs, variously decorated with dragons and phoenix, the longest 101cm (8) Provenance: The collection of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss (1865-1944) and…	£80 - £150	£160	View
514	A COLLECTION OF ELEVEN CHINESE SILKS late 19th/early 20th century, variously decorated with figures, flora and fauna, the longest 100cm (11) Provenance: The collection of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss (1865-1944) and thence by descent.	£80 - £150	£170	View
515	A CHINESE SILK TEXTILE FRAGMENT Qing dynasty, the rich blue silk woven with five dragon roundels over flying dragons chasing pearls, 68cm x 119cm Provenance: The estate of Stanley Wyatt-smith (1887-1958), who joined the British…	£100 - £200	£340	View
516	A CHINESE SILK FRAGMENT probably Ming dynasty on a later mount, depicting a mountainous landscape, 30cm high x 23cm wide	£200 - £400	-	View
517	A CHINESE SILK HANGING SCROLL signed and inscribed to the top, decorated throughout with women in a garden landscape, with boats to the foreground, 118cm high x 55cm wide	£50 - £100	-	View
518	A PAIR OF CHINESE PAINTINGS ON SILK one inscribed lower left, late 19th/early 20th century, each depicting narrative scenes of soldiers and mythical beings at war, 126.5cm high x 28cm wide (2) Provenance: Baroness Florence Van…	£300 - £500	£420	View
519	TWO CHINESE BADGES Qing dynasty, one depicting a phoenix, the other a five claw dragon, both mounted in a serving tray, 28.5cm wide x 25.5cm high overall	£80 - £150	£200	View
520	CHINESE SCHOOL, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY A set of seven pith paintings all depicting portraits of figures from everyday life, including monks and street vendors, 15cm high x 9.5cm wide (7)	£100 - £200	£110	View
521	FU ERSHI (1936-2017) An interior with figures ink and colour on paper, seal marks to both lower corners, 46cm high x 68cm wide	£300 - £500	-	View
522	ZHOU PEI CHUN (1880-190) A wedding and a funeral procession both signed lower left, ink and watercolour on silk, both 31cm x 66cm (2)	£100 - £200	£160	View
523	CHINESE SCHOOL, EARLY 20TH CENTURY A group of eight botanical studies watercolours on rice paper, approx. 15cm x 24cm (8)	£100 - £200	£50	View
524	JOHN DADLEY (1767-1817) 'View of one of the Western Gates of the City of Pekin' engraving, published London, 1796, by G. Nicol, 29cm x 39cm From the collection of the late Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929- 2022).	£30 - £50	£30	View
525	CHINESE SCHOOL, LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY watercolour on paper, inscribed with seal mark, depicting a collage of paper cuttings and a vignette with figures in a landscape, the image 45cm high x 80cm wide	£1,000 - £2,000	-	View
525a	TA THI THANH TAM (b.1960) Seated figures with a table of food to the foreground, signed and dated 2003 lower right, painting on lacquer, 78.5cm x 99cm	£150 - £250	£150	View
526	HUANG WANGXI (CHINESE 19TH/20TH CENTURY) Bamboo and prunus blossom colour and ink on paper, artist seal mark and inscribed, framed, 182cm wide x 97cm high	£150 - £250	-	View
527	AFTER ZHAO MENGFU (1254-1322) Horses and Grooms ink and colour on silk, with seal of the artist, hanging scroll, 150cm high x 58cm wide, framed	£500 - £1,000	-	View
528	CHINESE SCHOOL, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH A COLLECTION OF 'STREET LIFE' STUDIES watercolours on paper, depicting a variety of people and jobs each with inscriptions to the right, bound in huali wood with carved characters (24)	£1,000 - £2,000	-	View
529	SU BAOZHEN (1916-1990) 'Lotus and Dragonfly' inscribed with seal mark upper right, watercolour on paper, 33.5cm x 21cm Provenance: Aitken Dott & Son, Edinburgh, and thence by family descent.	£200 - £400	£600	View
530	A TIBETAN THANGKA late 19th century/early 20th century, painted on canvas, a standing buddha to the centre, the figure of Yama to the foreground, the image 89cm high x 34cm wide	£200 - £400	-	View

Total lots: 401

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