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A PAINTING OF A SCHOLAR IN HIS STUDIO
Late Qing Dynasty
Ink and colour on silk, depicting a scholar in a blue robe seated on a
low kang in front of a painted screen with a landscape, before him a
boy-attendant prepares tea on a table, all amidst potted plants and
rocks as well as antique vessels, glazed and framed.
95cm (37 3/8in) long x 67cm (26 3/8in) wide.
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000

清末 高士雅讀 設色絹本 鏡框
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AN ANCESTOR PORTRAIT OF THE IMPERIAL OFFICIAL SHI ZHEN
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
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.
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
清同治十二年（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. 290

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