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ANONYMOUS (18TH CENTURY) ATTRIBUTED TO REN YI (REN BONIAN 1840-1895)
Magnolia and peonies White lotus and leaves
Ink and pigment on silk, mounted as a hanging scroll. 108.5cm (42 Ink on paper, bearing signature and two seals of the artist, dated
3/4in) x 57.8cm (22 3/8in) to the Gengxu year (1850 or 1910), mounted as a hanging scroll.
109cm (42 7/8in) x 36.5cm (14 3/8in)
£800 - 1,200
HK$8,600 - 13,000 £800 - 1,200
CNY7,200 - 11,000 HK$8,600 - 13,000
CNY7,200 - 11,000

Provenance
collection of Colonel B.K. Blount CB (Special Operations Executive in
China in World War II), who had inherited a number of paintings from
Sir Arthur Kennedy GCMG CB, Governor of Hong Kong between
1872 and 1877.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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