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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE OREGON COLLECTOR
9093 9091
ANONYMOUS (20TH CENTURY)
A Chinese export peacock feather fan painted with figures and flowers
The painting in ink and color on feathers, depicting a standing couple in
a rocky landscape, with large clusters of flowers painted to their left and
right (losses, stains), the fan ribs of bone with an openwork design.
14 x 24in (35.6 x 61cm) sight
US$1,000 - 1,500
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
9094 9092 9092
A REVERSE-PAINTED GLASS FRAGMENT
18th century 9096
Likely a remnant of a larger work, the small horizontal rectangle depicting
the shoulders and head of a woman in elegant European attire within a 9097
fancifully lush natural landscape; mounted in a thick wooden frame.
1 3/4 x 2 1/2in (4.5 x 6.4cm) visible dimensions of glass ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS | 31
US$1,500 - 2,500
9095 9093
A PAIR OF STUCCO PAINTINGS OF FEMALE IMMORTALS
Ming Style
Pigment on stucco panels, framed and glazed.
27 1/2 x 14 1/2in (69.8 x 36.8cm) each
US$400 - 600
9096
ANONYMOUS (REPUBLIC PERIOD)
A hand-drawn map of the Yuanmingyuan
Ink and pen ink and color on paper, mounted on three hanging scrolls,
consisting of an aerial view drawing of the grounds and structures of
the Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan), with inscriptions in ink identifying
numerous palaces, buildings, gates, pavilions, and gardens.
69 3/4 x 100in (177.2 x 245cm) complete map
US$3,000 - 5,000 9094
Provenance
ex-collection Dr. Carroll Brown Malone, acquired in China in the 1920s
In his book History of the Peking Summer Palaces Under the Ch’ing Dynasty,
Carroll Brown Malone described obtaining a map (and a tracing of the map) of
the Yuanmingyuan from a Manchu official, who was a draftsman connected
with the palace. Malone claims that the map’s lettering and plans correspond
closely to those detailed in the ri xia jiu wen kao (a history of Peking and its
environment, published during the Qianlong era). See Malone, Carroll Brown,
History of the Peking Summer Palaces Under the Ch’ing Dynasty, Urbana,
Illinois: University of Illinois, 1934, pp. 231-232.
9097 9095
ANONYMOUS (19TH/20TH CENTURY)
One Hundred Birds
Ink and color on coarse-woven silk, glued to wood backing, framed
and glazed (tear, fading, abrasions).
73 1/2 x 33 3/4in (186.6 x 85.7cm)
US$400 - 600
9098 - 9104
NO LOTS
