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A LARGE PAINTING OF A MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE
18th/19th century, after Wen Zhengming
Ink and colour on silk, depicting several lavish pavilions within a
majestic mountainous landscape, with waterfall and trees, calligraphic
inscription on the top left corner with apocryphal signature and seals.
195.5cm (77in) high x 113cm (40 1/2in) wide.
£5,000 - 8,000
CNY45,000 - 71,000
十八/十九世紀 文徵明（傳） 山水 設色絹本
Provenance: Count Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo, Rome, prior to
2 October 1947, by repute
Mr Moriani, Villa Vitiano, San Polo, Tuscany, Italy, by repute
Raffaello Landini, Villa Vitiano, San Polo, Tuscany, Italy, circa 1950s,
and thence by descent

來源：
據傳於1947年10月2日前由羅馬Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo伯爵收藏
據傳為意大利托斯卡尼Moriani先生舊藏
約1950年代為意大利托斯卡尼Raffaello Landini先生收藏，並由後人保
存迄今

According to the owner the present lot amongst other Chinese works
of art was sold to Raffaello Landini in the 1950s as part of Villa Vitiano
and its furnishings, which previously belonged to Mr Moriani, who
acquired the Chinese art collection from Count Gregorio Calvi di
Bergolo in 1947 as part of a Rome apartment and its furnishings.

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AN ANCESTOR PORTRAIT
Dated to the twelth year of Tongzhi, corresponding to 1872-1873 and
of the period
Ink and colour on silk, depicting an official in a blue robe above and
between two ladies dressed in red robes, all beneath an Imperial
90 memorandum written on blue paper and bordered with gilt five-clawed
dragons, pasted above the portrait.
129cm (50 3/4in) long x 82cm (32 1/4in) wide.

£5,000 - 8,000
CNY45,000 - 71,000
清同治十二年（公元1872或1873年） 朝服先祖像 設色絹本

The memorial notes that the official Shi Zhen achieved recognition for
his work from the Imperial Court and as a reward, his ancestor, Deng
Shilang, was given a posthumous ninth rank.

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A FINE HONGMU ‘DRAGON’ THRONE
Qing Dynasty
The wide seat of generous proportions framed by an ornately
openwork carved three-stepped throne-back extending down towards
the armrests, set on a bulging apron and four cabriole legs terminating
with dragon-clawed feet, the panels finely carved with writhing dragons
in pursuit of flaming pearls amidst whirling clouds, the wood of dark-
chocolate tone.124cm (48 3/4in) wide x 88cm (34 2/3in) deep x
138.2cm (54 1/3in) high. (6).

£20,000 - 30,000
CNY180,000 - 270,000
清 紅木鏤雕雲龍趕珠紋寶座

Compare with a related hongmu ‘nine dragon’ bed, Qianlong, from
the Qing Court collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum: Furniture of the Ming and Qing
Dynasties (II), Hong Kong, 2002, p.12, no.7. See also a related zitan
throne similarly carved with dragons and clouds, Qing dynasty, also
from the Qing Court collection, illustrated in Ming Qing gongting jiaju
daguan, Beijing, 2006, p.83, no.58.
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