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A CHINESE SCHOOL 19 Provenance: Austrian private A LARGE QING DYNASTY PAINTING DEPICTING A
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CENTURY PAINTING collection MANCHU LADY
‘CONVENTION OF PEKING’ Ink, watercolor, gouache and gold-color on paper,
Watercolor, gouache and ink on Literature comparison: for mounted on fabric coated paper, wooden scroll handles
paper, with a paper mount and a comparable, yet much China, Qing dynasty
wooden end bars smaller version see Sotheby’s,
China, around 1860 JEWELLERY, 20TH CENTURY Depiction of a seated Manchu lady in festive garment.
DESIGN AND ASIAN & The beautiful woman wears an intricate robe and precious
This painting shows an EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ARTS, jewelry such as white and apple green jadeite ornaments
interesting subject of historical 22 NOVEMBER 2006 - 23 at her belt or Mandarin necklace. She also wears a white
significance, the Convention of NOVEMBER 2006, MELBOURNE, jade bangle as is the little boy next to her. Her robe
Peking. We see Manchu soldiers lot 514. shows an intricately four-clawed dragon motif, a square
as well as British soldiers, rank badge at the chest, and we can see it is fitted with
parading left and right of two ᷕ⚳⋩ḅᶾ䲨˪⊿Ṕ㡅䲬˫ Hermine. At her precious crown with dangling ornaments
tables where high ranked 㯜⼑炻䳁㛔姕刚炻䳁㛔㛐㈀墅ⷨ are the Chinese characters ‘Fengtiang Gaoming’ (=
officials have taken a seat. ᷕ⚳炻1860⸜⇵⼴ imperial edict by command of heaven). Another interesting
Military bands and servants are feature of this artwork is the meticulous painting of the
in the foreground. 忁ⷭ䔓栗䣢Ḯᶨᾳ㚱㬟⎚シ佑䘬 carpet as we can even see the Peking knot stitches.
ᷣ柴炻⌛⊿Ṕ㡅䲬ˤ ㆹᾹ䚳⇘㺧
The Convention or First 㕷⢓ℝ␴劙⚳⢓ℝ炻䪁䩳⛐檀Ⰼ Inscribed on a gold colored label at the scroll (=translated
Convention of Peking is an ⭀⒉㇨⛸䘬㟴⫸䘬ℑ㕩ˤ 幵⛀␴ from Chinese) ‘Imperial Honoring – Mother Zhang
agreement comprising three ⁽Ṣ⛐䔓朊⇵㕡ˤ Yiren – the son will keep with respect’. Backside bearing
distinct treaties concluded inscription ‘Chang Jen Mandarin Woman’ as well as other
between the Qing dynasty of “㡅䲬”ㆾ“⊿Ṕ䫔ᶨ㡅䲬”㗗1860 collector codes.
China and the United Kingdom, ⸜ᷕ⚳⣏㶭㛅⺟冯劙㱽Ὤᶱ⚳⎬
French Empire, and Russian 冒䯥妪䘬㇘㓿㡅䲬ˤ⛐ᷕ⚳炻㬌㡅 Shape: Rectangular vertical shape
Empire in 1860. In China, they 䲬塓夾䁢ᶵ⸛䫱㡅䲬ᷳᶨˤᷕ厗 Dimensions: 255 x 79,5 cm (total size), 120 x 61(size of
are regarded as among the 㮹⚳⢾Ṍ悐⮯娚㡅䲬⍇ẞᾅ⬀⛐ the painting)
85 unequal treaties. The Ministry of ⎘䀋㓭⭖⌂䈑昊ℏˤ Condition: Painting with tears, creases, and minor material
A LARGE WARFARE PAINTING, QING Dimensions: 125 x 89 cm. Foreign Affairs of the Republic loss, mounting shows tears and creases as well
DYNASTY Condition: Good condition with of China keeps the original 攟㕡⼊ Provenance: Old Austrian Private collection, assembled in
Painted with watercolors on paper, laid some wear and minor nicks here copy of the Convention in the ⯢⮠烉126 x 66 cm (⏓墅墙), 108 the 1930s to early 1950s
down on canvas and framed and there, some older scratches National Palace Museum in x 60 cm (䔓朊)
China, 19 – earlier 20 century Provenance: Austrian private Taiwan. ⑩䚠冯⸜ẋ䚠䫎炻㚱㯜嶉ˣ㐢䕽 Literature comparison: Christie’s, European Noble and
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collection, assembled in Asia in ␴㛸㕁仢⣙ Private Collections, 13 - 14 December 2011, Amsterdam,
Depicting attacking infantry with and before the 1930s Shape: ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷 lot 483. (for a comparable court lady portrayal)
lances, one soldier carrying a large Rectangular horizontal shape 㔯䌣⍫侫烉ᶨẞ栆ỤỮ⯢⮠天⮷
flag, some mounted troops, carrying 㶭ẋ⣏✳“㇘䇕⟜㘗”丒䔓 Dimensions: 126 x 66 cm ṃ䘬䔓ἄ⎗夳喯⭴㭼˪䎈⮞ˣḴ 㶭ẋ㯜⡐姕刚䣾⬿⁷˪婍⮩⭄Ṣ栗两⥋˫
another flag, as well as a military staff ⑩䚠列⤥炻㚱ᶨṃ䢐㎵炻冲䘬∫䕽 (total size), 108 x 60 ⋩ᶾ䲨姕妰冯Ṇ㳚⍲㫸㳚墅梦喅 ⑩䚠冯⸜ẋ䚠䫎炻㚱㯜嶉ˣ庽⽖㛸㕁仢⣙ˣ墅墙悐↮㚱
supervising the offensive from a distant ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷炻⛐ᶲᶾ䲨ᶱ⋩⸜ (size of the painting) 埻˫炻2006⸜11㚰22-23㖍炻⡐䇦 檮㔋
position and behind a rostrum bearing ẋ⛐Ṇ㳚岤⼿ Condition: Age-related 㛔炻514嘇㉵⑩ˤ ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻ᶲᶾ䲨ᶱ⋩⸜ẋ军Ḽ⋩⸜ẋ攻岤ℍ
the inscription Shuai (commander, condition, tears, creases and
general). The flags bear the characters Estimate EUR 200,- minor material loss with few Estimate EUR 300,- Estimate EUR 400,-
Liu and Cao. Starting price EUR 100,- touchups Starting price EUR 150,- Starting price EUR 200,-

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