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Various Owners 各方藏家 362
Chinese School
19th century
361Y Oil on canvas, depicting a Chinese junk with sails unfurled firing
A miniature painting of a lady on ivory
19th century cannon at another two junks in the distance, a rowing boat also firing
at the distant junks, oil on canvas, framed.
The ivory panel painted in fine detail with a Chinese lady wearing a 41.8cm (16½in) high
ribbed turban and chandelier earrings set with pearls, the soft blue
robe embroidered around the cloud collar and cuffs with floral scrolls £5,000 - 7,000
HK$62,000 - 87,000 CNY49,000 - 69,000
and the hands clasped in her lap, all against a plain greenish-brown
ground, framed in gilt and behind glass and further enclosed within a
heavy wood frame carved in each corner with prunus blossoms issuing 十九世紀 中國畫派 戰船 油畫畫布 框

from Western-style foliate scrolls. The painting 10cm (4in) high 363
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$25,000 - 37,000 CNY20,000 - 29,000 Chinese school
19th century
Oil on canvas, two Chinese ladies rowing a sampan surrounded by
十九世紀 象牙畫仕女圖 other Chinese vessels in front of the harbour of Macau, oil on canvas,
Provenance: Martyn Gregory, St.James’s, London (label on reverse) framed. 41.5cm (16¼in) high
來源：倫敦St.James’s，Martyn Gregory（背部標籤） £4,000 - 6,000
HK$50,000 - 75,000 CNY39,000 - 59,000

A similar painting with the same portrait on ivory was sold at 十九世紀 中國畫派 澳門風景人物圖 油畫畫布 框
Sotheby’s, London, Tuesday 11 May 1993, lot 240.

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