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CANTON SCHOOL (CIRCA 1830) CANTON SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)
Four acted scenes from Romance of the Street vendors
Three Kingdoms Ink and gouache on pith paper, framed and
Ink and gouache on paper, framed and glazed. 12.5cm (5in) x 19cm (7 1/2in) (10).
glazed.
Each: 37cm (14 1/2in) x 49cm (19 1/4in) (4). £800 - 1,200
CNY7,100 - 11,000
£2,500 - 4,000 HK$8,800 - 13,000
CNY22,000 - 35,000
HK$27,000 - 44,000

Provenance
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 25 May 1981, lot 148
Cowdray Family collection

These four leaves are taken from an album of
forty scenes reputedly commissioned by the
Cowdray family in order to learn more about
the city of Canton.

346 (part lot)

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