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PROPERTY FROM THE PROFESSOR FREDERICK SEGUIER DRAKE FAMILY COLLECTION
(LOTS 204-211 INCLUSIVE)

Frederick Seguier Drake 教授及其家族珍藏 (拍品第204號至211號)

Professor Frederick Seguier Drake (1892-1976) was from a archaeologist and was the Dean of the Faculty of Divinity at Qiliu
distinguished English family and born in Shandong, China. As an (Cheeloo) University in Jinan, Shandong. After a brief return to
ordained minister when he was a young man, he devoted himself England, Professor Drake took up the position of Chair of Chinese at
to missionary work and later became a scholar of Chinese and the University of Hong Kong and led the archaeological excavation
Divinity. Professor Drake travelled extensively within China as an of the Lei Cheng Eastern Han Tomb in Hong Kong in the 1950s.

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A ROCK CRYSTAL CARVING OF SHOULAO AND A ROCK
CRYSTAL ‘BAMBOO’ CARVING
19TH CENTURY

The Daoist deity is carved standing wearing long fowing robes and holding

the peach of immortality in his hands. The carving is rendered as a branch of

leafy bamboo on the background of a bamboo stalk.

The carving of Shoulao 6º in. (16 cm.) high (2)

£1,000-2,000 $1,500-2,800
€1,300-2,500

PROVENANCE:

Property from the Professor Frederick Seguier Drake (1892-1976) Family
Collection.
The bamboo carving: Property from the Collection of Mr and Mrs Bernard
Drake.

清十九世紀 水晶壽老立像及竹形佩一組兩件
來源: 竹形佩: Drake 伉儷珍藏

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204 AN AGATE ‘CAT AND LINGZHI’ GROUP
AND A SMALL AGATE LEAF-SHAPED
205 BRUSH WASHER
19TH CENTURY
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The ‘cat and lingzhi’ group is carved as a reclining

cat holding a lingzhi spray in its mouth and a bat is

on its side. The stone is of a pale tone highlighting

the bat and spray in a russet colour. The small

brush washer is shaped as a leaf with carved and

incised branches forming its base. The stone is of

a red tone with white and russet veins.

The largest 2 in. (5.2 cm.) wide (2)

£1,000-1,500 $1,500-2,100
€1,300-1,900

PROVENANCE:

Property from the Professor Frederick Seguier
Drake (1892-1976) Family Collection.
Property from the Collection of Mr and Mrs
Bernard Drake.

清十九世紀 瑪瑙雕一組兩件
來源: Drake伉儷珍藏