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1095
PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
1096
A PAIR OF REVERSE GLASS
PAINTINGS
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

the rectangular glass panels painted with scenes
from The Romance of the Three Kingdoms,
one depicting Liu Bei conversing with Guan Yu
attended by Zhou Cang standing by the general
bearing the famous crescent blade; the other
perhaps portraying Cao Cao, having imbibed too
much wine and singing in the moonlight, framed
(2)
Height 13½ in., 34.3 cm; Width 19½ in., 49.5 cm

$ 2,000-3,000

㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ掉䔓ᶱ⚳㺼佑Ṣ䈑㓭ḳ⚾ℑⷭġ
墅㟮

1095

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN
PRIVATE COLLECTION

A LARGE REVERSE GLASS
PAINTING
LATE QING DYNASTY / EARLY
20TH CENTURY

painted with a theatrical scene depicting courtiers
paying tribute to a seated dignitary, framed
Height 24 in., 61 cm; Width 34½ in., 87.7 cm

PROVENANCE
Acquired in New York, 1981.

$ 1,000-1,500

㶭㛓ġİġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨⇅ġġġ掉䔓Ṣ䈑㓭ḳ⚾ġ墅㟮

1096

PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

TWO SETS OF MALE PORTRAIT
TEMPLATES
LATE QING DYNASTY

ink and color on paper, each mounted with ten
portraits in two columns, portraying male faces of
di erent ages with di erent features, facial hair,
and hats, framed and glazed (2)
Height of frame 45½ in., 115.6 cm;
Width 16¼ in., 41.3 cm

PROVENANCE
Acquired by Theodore S. Ryan, in China while
traveling on a world tour in 1927, and thence by
descent.

$ 2,500-3,500

㶭㛓ġġġ䓟⁷⚾ℑ䳬ℙḴ⋩ⷭġ姕刚䳁㛔ġ掉㟮