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PROPERTY FROM THE PROFESSOR FREDERICK SEGUIER DRAKE FAMILY COLLECTION

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A GROUP OF THREE PAPER FANS AND ONE SILK EMBROIDERED
FAN CASE
19TH-20TH CENTURY

The group comprises: a fan painted with a scholar in a garden, with a seal

and inscribed with a calligraphy; a fan painted with a dragonfy perched on

bamboo, with seal and inscribed with calligraphy; a fan with ivory guardsticks

decorated and gilt with a river landscape; a silk fan case embroidered with a

pavilion, birds and various plants.

The largest 12 in. (30.5 cm.) long (4)

£2,000-3,000 $2,900-4,200
€2,600-3,800

PROVENANCE:

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

十九/二十世紀 設色紙本成扇三件
及緞繡扇套
來源: Drake伉儷珍藏

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AN ‘INSCRIBED’ YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER
SIGNED BEI YAN (1879-1930), INSCRIBED WITH BINGCHEN CYCLICAL
DATE CORRESPONDING TO 1916

The teapot is incised on one side with sprays of bamboo and on the other side
with a poetic inscription reading yue bai feng qing which can be translated as
“the white moon and the crisp wind” followed by a signature reading Bei Yan
(the artist’s name for Shao Yunwu). The interior of the cover is moulded with a
seal reading sheng bao.
5æ in. (14.7 cm.) high

£600-1,000 $850-1,400
€760-1,300

PROVENANCE:

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

丙辰年(1916) 宜興紫砂茶壺 「北岩」刻款
來源: Drake伉儷珍藏

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