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1492

A PAINTED PORCELAIN PORTRAIT
OF CONFUCIUS
QING DYNASTY, 19TH / 20TH
CENTURY

the unusual enameled portrait on a porcelain
panel copying an anonymous Ming dynasty
painting, ‘Portrait of Confucius as Minister of
Justice in Lu State’ in the Shangdong Provincial
Museum, wood frame
Height 21½ in., 54.6 cm; Width 12¾ in., 32.4 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Terry Molloy, California.

$ 3,000-5,000

㶭⋩ḅġİġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ
䰱⼑⣏ㆸ⫼⫸䁢欗⎠⭯㗪⁷䒟㜧

1493 1492

1493

PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A POLYCHROME STUCCO FRESCO
FRAGMENT
MING DYNASTY

depicting ve women traversing a eld of dense
clouds, the central gure in an ox-drawn carriage
surrounded by four attendants bearing books,

owers, a y whisk, and canopy, the whole
painted in vibrant green, red, yellow, blue, and
black with outlines rising in thread relief
Height 17⅛ in., 43.5 cm; Width 23 in., 58.4 cm

PROVENANCE
Acquired in China prior to 1949.

$ 2,000-3,000

㖶ġġġ䀘㲍⼑丒ẁ⤛⚾⡩䔓㭀悐

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AN IMPERIAL EDICT SCROLL
QING DYNASTY

silk brocade woven with a dragon-cloud border
and mounted as a handscroll, the texts written
in both Chinese and Manchu script, signed with
four di erent dates: 15th day, 12th month, 1st
Year of Daoguang; 16th day, 12th month, 14th
Year of Daoguang; 16th day, 12th month, 6th
Year of Xianfeng; 10th day, 12th month, 5th
Year of Guangxu, showing the line of hereditary
succession to the title of yunjiwei
Length 191⅜ in., 486 cm; Width 13¼ in., 33.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Acquired in China prior to 1949.

$ 3,000-5,000

㶭ġġġᶾ多婍␥㔯㚠

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