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AN EROTIC PAINTED ALBUM
Qing Dynasty
Eight paintings of erotic scenes, ink and pigment on
paper, mounted on silk, cloth cover album.
33cm (13in) long x 25cm (9 7/8in) wide.

£5,000 - 8,000
CNY44,000 - 70,000

清 春宮圖冊
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CHINESE SCHOOL
Hong Kong, Late Qing Dynasty
Oil on canvas depicting Hong Kong harbour with
numerous ships beneath Victoria peak, wood frame.
67cm (26 1/3in) wide x 53cm (20 7/8in) long.

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY35,000 - 53,000

清晚期 香港風景 布面油畫 畫框裝裱
The island of Hong Kong was ceded to the British
under the Treaty of Nanking in 1842, the treaty
under which the First Opium War came to an end.
The present view shows a developed Hong Kong
with its elegant European architecture along with
the distinctive flag mast atop Victoria Hill, this mast
being placed here in 1861. The cities status as an
international centre for trade can be seen by the
array of shipping in the harbour.

See a related painting of Hong Kong, Chinese
school, late 19th century, which was sold at
Bonhams London, 26 February 2020, lot 83.

PROPERTY FROM A US WEST COAST
PRIVATE COLLECTION 美國西岸私人藏品

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TWO LARGE PORTRAITS OF A MANDARIN
AND A COURT LADY
19th century
The mandarin attired in a long robe of sky-blue colour,
tied at the waist with a thin emerald-green sash
falling short of the feet to reveal the black satin boots,
the shoulders covered with a large pink scarf and a
pointed collar, the right hand holding folded fan; the
female figure wearing a long winter jacket of cerulean
colour, finely decorated with roundels of peonies
and butterflies, above a pink pleated skirt, her hair
arranged in a tall chignon secured with a jade hairpin,
holding an opium pipe in her right hand and a ruyi
purse in her left, watercolour on paper, framed.
Each painting 211cm (83in) high x 94cm (37in) wide. (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000

十九世紀 外銷人物畫 一組兩幅 紙本設色 畫框裝裱

Provenance: a US West Coast private collection

來源：美國西岸私人收藏

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