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PROPERTY FROM THE LORD CUNLIFFE COLLECTION OF CHINESE ART

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A FRESCO FRAGMENT A GREEN AND BLACK JADE CARVING AN IVORY CARVING OF A FEMALE
Probably 13th/14th century OF A RIDER AND HORSE FIGURE
Depicting four Bodhisattvas wearing thickly- Late Qing Dynasty Late Qing Dynasty
folded robes and heavy beaded jewellery, The large mottled stone carved as a boy The naked figure lying in recumbent position
standing amongst tumultuous waves; riding a horse, holding both reins in one hand with head rested on a rectangular pillow, her
together with in the manner of Mi Fu, and a fly whisk in the other. 14cm (5 1/2in) legs bent to the right, right arm raised and left
‘mandarin duck and bamboo’, ink on paper, wide holding a fan, above a lotus leaf detailed with
bearing spurious signature and three spurious a network of veins. 10.5cm (4 1/8in) wide
red seals, framed and glazed. The fresco £800 - 1,200
89.5cm (35 1/4in) x 55.5cm (21 7/8in) (2). CNY7,300 - 11,000 £500 - 800
HK$8,800 - 13,000 CNY4,600 - 7,300
£1,000 - 1,500 HK$5,500 - 8,800
CNY9,200 - 14,000 Provenance
HK$11,000 - 16,000 Lord Rolf Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Provenance
Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the Lord Rolf Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary
Provenance Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the
Lord Rolf Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary George Eumorfopoulos Collection HS9(?) Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the (label) With Spink & Son, 1945.
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Manchester Art Gallery ...691(?) (part label)
The fresco fragment: catalogue no. D5.
Purchased from K. J. Hewett in August 1949
for £125.

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