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           AFTER QIU YING (19TH CENTURY)     ANONYMOUS (19TH/20TH CENTURY)
           Garden scene                      Exercises in Calligraphy after The Masters
           Handscroll, ink and colour on paper,   Ink on paper, two colophons, each
           depicting a garden scene with a lady bathing   containing paragraphs of calligraphic
           surrounded by attendants, beside a group   exercises in various cursive, regular and
           of female musicians, a gentleman seated on   formal script, each containing dates from the
           a pavilion terrace to the left, gazing at the   Song and Ming Dynasties, with a number of
           bathing party, accompanied by ladies and   spurious signature and seals, including Ming
           female attendants, before tables laden with   artist’s Tang Yin’s, mounted as a handscroll.
           antiques and scholar’s objects, bearing a   57cm (22 3/8in) x 40cm (15 3/4in) and
           signature and seals.              175cm (68 7/8in) x 40cm (15 3/4in)
           33cm x 240cm (13in x 94.1/2in).
                                             £2,000 - 3,000
           £2,000 - 3,000                    HK$20,000 - 31,000               269
           HK$20,000 - 31,000                CNY18,000 - 27,000
           CNY18,000 - 27,000
                                             Provenance
           Provenance                        The Oliver Robert Coales Collection, acquired
           The Oliver Robert Coales Collection, acquired  during Mr. Coales’ career in the British
           during Mr. Coales’ career in the British   Consular Service in China between 1901 and
           Consular Service in China between 1901 and  1926, and thence by descent.
           1926, and thence by descent.


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