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PROPERTY FROM THE FAMILY PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS The present lot was likely created for a
OF LESTER KNOX LITTLE, LATE ‘Water Land Deliverance’ ritual (Ch: Shuilu
INSPECTOR GENERAL, CHINESE 6437 zhai or shuilu fahui) in which a large assembly
MARITIME CUSTOMS SERVICE, ANONYMOUS BUDDHIST, YAMANTAKA of deities from not just the Buddhist
ACQUIRED IN CHINA PRIOR TO 1949 Qing dynasty pantheon are assembled to save beings in
Ink and color on silk, hanging scroll, the lower realms from suffering. See Stephen
6436 depicting one of the five Wisdom Kings Little, et. al., Taoism and the Arts of China
ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY) (Ch: Da Weide Mingwang), the red-headed, (Chicago: University of California, 2000), 28
A pair of ancestor portraits, c. 1850 gnarled green-skinned, multi-armed, three- for a discussion of the paintings created for
Ink and color on silk, a pair of hanging faced deity surmounted by the benevolent the Shuilu Zhai.
scrolls, depicting an official in his winter head of Amitayus and haloed by bursts of
court robes, and a woman wearing an multi-colored flames; his top left-most hand 6438
elaborate red dragon robe and a gold, upheld in a defiant esoteric gesture warding
feather, and pearl-trimmed headdress (tears, off evil, the remaining arms clasping a sword, ANONYMOUS (19TH/20TH CENTURY)
discoloration, creases, stains). a trident, an arrow, a wisdom pearl, and a Two paintings of Figures in Landscape
46 x 24 1/2in (116.8 x 62.3cm) each khatvanga, all seated upon an elaborately Ink and color on silk, two vertical paintings,
caparisoned white water buffalo. each framed and glazed, one depicting
US$1,000 - 1,500 51 x 28 7/8in (129.5 x 72.9cm) a lady on horseback and holding a bow-
and-arrow, the other depicting a lady with
US$2,000 - 3,000 an attendant in a garden, enjoying tea and
admiring potted chrysanthemums (stains,
repairs, losses).
29 3/8 x 8in (74.6 x 20.3cm) each
US$1,200 - 1,800
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