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canTon school (19Th cenTury) canTon school (19Th cenTury) a number of books on chinese,
Landscapes Wedding Procession (part album set) and oTher asian, arT and culTure
Gouache on pith paper, mounted, framed and Gouache on pith paper, laid on paper, framed Comprising: John Carswell, Blue and White:
glazed. and glazed. Chinese Porcelain around the World British
Each: 25cm (9 7/8in) x 13cm (5 1/8in) (2). Each: 19.8cm (7 3/4in) x 32cm (12 5/8in) (6). Museum, 2000; Soame Jenyns, Later
Chinese Porcelain; Margaret Medley, Tang
£600 - 800 £1,200 - 1,500 Pottery and Porcelain; Marion Koenig, The
CNY5,700 - 7,600 HK$7,100 - 9,500 CNY11,000 - 14,000 HK$14,000 - 18,000 Travels of Marco Polo; Herbert J.M. Ypma,
India Modern; Pratapaditya Pal, Art of Nepal;
348 350 Pratapaditya Pal, Desire and Devotion: Asian
hu chongdao (20Th cenTury) canTon school (19Th cenTury) Art from the John and Berthe Ford Collection;
Precious Objects, 1937 Tea Processing (part album set) Maria Antonella Pelizzari, Traces of India;
Watercolour on paper, depicting antiques and Gouache on pith paper, laid on paper, framed Rachel Storm, Indian Mythology/Myths and
vases of flowers beside pomegranate and and glazed. Legends of India, Tibet and Sri Lanka; Basil
finger citron, signed, dated and inscribed, Each: 18.5cm (7 1/4in) x 30cm (11 3/4in) (9). Hall Chamberlain, F.R.G.S., A handbook for
framed and glazed. Travellers in Japan; The Genius of China,
147cm (57 7/8in) x 78.5cm (30 7/8in) £2,000 - 4,000 Royal Academy, 1973-74; Kokan Nagayama,
CNY19,000 - 38,000 HK$24,000 - 47,000 The Connoisseur’s Book of Japanese Swords;
£800 - 1,200 Richard Fuller and Ron Gregory, Military
CNY7,600 - 11,000 HK$9,500 - 14,000 Swords of Japan, 1868-1945; Richard Lane,
Images from the Floating World; Angelika
The Property of a Lady. Taschen, Indian Interiors.
[sold not subject to return] (15).
Provenance
Reputedly presented as a gift to the vendor’s £500 - 800
father, who was a medical missionary in CNY4,700 - 7,600 HK$5,900 - 9,500
Yunnan during the 1930’s, and thence by
descent.
Inscribed 魏醫師師母返國紀念 胡崇道
敬贈, which can be translated as ‘In
commemoration for the departure of Doctor
and Mrs. Wei , humbly presented by Hu
Chongdao, 1937’
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