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A SET OF TWO SOAPSTONE- PROPERTY FROM AN OLD AMERICAN PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF
INLAID WOOD PANELS COLLECTION JEANNETTE CURUBY
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
AN ALBUM OF EROTIC PAINTINGS AN ALBUM OF TWELVE BIRD
each glazed wood panel inlaid with polychrome- LATE QING DYNASTY PAINTINGS FROM THE STUDIO OF
painted carved soapstone depictions of narrative YOUQUA
scenes against silk backgrounds, the outer scene comprising thirty-four rectangular ink and QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
of courtship concealing an interior erotic scene color paintings on paper of couples engaged in
(2) amorous pursuits, between board covers lined in gouache on pith paper paintings depicting various
Height overall 12⅜ in, 31.4 cm; light brown damask birds either perched on a owering bough or
Width 9¾ in., 24.8 cm Album: Height 10¾ in., 27.3 cm; amidst foliage on the ground mounted in a silk-
Width 8 in., 20.3 cm covered album, stamped Youqua Painter, Old
$ 6,000-8,000 Each painting: Height 8 in., 20.3 cm; Street No 34 to the front
㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ Width 6¼ in., 15.9 cm Height 7⅛ in., 18.1 cm; Width 10¼ in. 26 cm
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PROVENANCE PROVENANCE

Collection of the Hon. Lewis Clark, Minister- Acquired in Boston, 1940s-60s, and thence by
Counselor and Charge D’A aires of the United descent.
States embassy in China, stationed in Canton in
the 1940s, and thence by descent. $ 5,000-7,000

$ 2,000-3,000 㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ䄄␙䔓⭌ἄ忂勱䔓剙沍⚾Ⅎ枩

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