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A PAINTING OF A PAIR OF MANDARIN DUCKS
Late Qing Dynasty/Republic period
Ink and colour on silk, depicting a pair of mandarin
ducks swimming beneath a tall cluster of elegantly
bending lotus blooms and paddies rising from a
lightly rippling pond, the birds with heads turned to
one another and feathering detailed in the grading
tones of white, beige and green, mounted, framed
and glazed.
The painting 83cm (32 5/8in) x 54.9cm (21 2/8in)

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,100 - 11,000

清末/民國 蓮塘鴛鴦 設色絹本 鏡框

Provenance: Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de
Marchio (1887 - 1968), Grand Officer of the Italian
Crown, Commander of the Order of St Maurice
and Lazarus, and Commander of the Order of
Pius IX (Ordine Piano), and his wife Archduchess
Maragaretha d’Austria Toscana, Marchesa Taliani de
Marchio (1894 – 1986).
Acquired from Foo Yuen Tsai, Shanghai, 25 May 1942.

來源：
佛朗西斯高•瑪利亞，塔里安利•得•馬基奧侯爵
（1887-1968）及馬加烈特•奧地利-托斯卡納女大公，
塔里安利•得•馬基奧女侯爵（1894-1986）伉儷收藏
於1942年5月25日購自上海古董商福源齋古玩號

Both the paired mandarin ducks and twin lotus
blossoming from a single stem are symbolic of
marital bliss and conjugal happiness.

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For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.