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102 | BONHAMS A SELECTION OF CHINESE EXPORT AND OTHER PAINTINGS
Qing Dynasty and later
Including: pigment on silk, a Chinese painting depicting elegant ladies
at scholarly pursuits, 19th century, framed and glazed; gouache on
pith paper, a consort and her female attendant, mid/late 19th century,
framed and glazed; gouache on silk, wedding reception, 19th/20th
century, framed and glazed; gouache on paper, flowers and butterflies,
18th/19th century, framed and glazed; gouache on paper, magpie and
hibiscus, 19th century, framed and glazed; together with a selection of
Chinese and Japanese woodblock prints and pages from books. The
first: 38x27cm (15x10 5/8in) (qty).

£400 - 600
CNY3,900 - 5,800
HK$4,700 - 7,100

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CHINESE SCHOOL (QING DYNASTY)
Three narrative Scenes
Oil on canvas, three paintings depicting landscapes populated with
characterful figures, probably narrative scenes, one framed.
Each approx. 104cm (41in) x 155cm (61in) (3).

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY15,000 - 19,000
HK$18,000 - 24,000

For two similar paintings, designed as wall paper, see M. Jourdain & S.
Jenyns, Chinese Export Art in the Eighteenth Century, London 1967,
p. 96, no. 44 & 45.

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ATTRIBUTED TO STUDIO OF NAMCHEONG (ACTIVE 1840-1870)
Nine-stage pagoda at Whampoa
Oil on paper, laid on board, framed and glazed.
38cm (15in) x 50.5cm (19 7/8in)

£500 - 800
CNY4,800 - 7,700
HK$5,900 - 9,400