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VARIOUS OWNERS 399
AFTER MA QUAN (MID-20TH CENTURY)
398 Insects and flowers
ANONYMOUS (EARLY 20TH CENTURY) Twelve woodblock prints, the album with huanghuali covers, some
‘Anthology of Paintings by various masters of the Song dynasty’ leaves and frontispiece with apocryphal Imperial seals; together with
Nineteen leaves, ink and colour on silk and ink and colour on paper, After Qi Baishi (20th century), two woodblock prints. Each leaf: 17.5cm
prints with applied pigment, mounted as an album with rosewood (6 7/8in) x 22cm (8 5/8in)
cover; variously depicting birds and flowers, landscapes, figures and
calligraphy, bearing signatures after famous masters from the Song £2,000 - 3,000
Dynasty and later, including: Xuanhe, Huizong Emperor’s personal CNY17,000 - 26,000 HK$20,000 - 30,000
name; Wang Shouren (1472-1528), also known as Wang Yangming;
Shen Zhou (1427-1509); and Qiu Ying, the fifteenth century artist; and Provenance
with various spurious collectors’ and artists’ seals. The album: 30cm The Property of a Lady, collected in Beijing prior to 1953 and thence by
(11 3/4in) x 34cm (13 1/4in) descent.

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 43,000 HK$30,000 - 50,000

Provenance
Reputedly collected in China prior to 1950, and thence by descent.

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