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104 | BONHAMS A PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPH OF HONG A GROUP OF FIVE CULTURAL
KONG HARBOUR REVOLUTION POSTERS
Circa 1880 circa 1975
Composed of three separate shots pasted Each with the same scene of a group of
together, mounted in a glazed frame, the smiling children engaged in sports and other
reverse with the label ‘West End Fine Art leisurely activities, emblazoned with the
Saloon & Picture Gallery, from Thomas W. slogan 小朋友们来锻炼长大接好革命班 or
Hampton...Aberdeen’. ‘Children train to become good revolutionary
84cm (33in) x 22cm (8 5/8in) successors’ written in Chinese, pinyin,
English, Spanish and French.
£600 - 800 76cm (30in) x 105cm (41 1/4in)
CNY5,800 - 7,700
HK$7,100 - 9,400 £500 - 800
CNY4,800 - 7,700
253 HK$5,900 - 9,400
A PART-SET OF THANGKA DEPICTING
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20th century MAI JINYAO (MAK KUM-SIEW) (B.1940)
Each of the four scrolls painted in tempera on Mother Love; Piggy Back; Nice One, 2008
cloth with one of the five Buddhas seated in Each oil on canvas, with painted real seal of
padmasana atop a cloud base and within a artist, framed. Each approx: 30cm (11 3/4in) x
mandorla, the resting body clad in long robes 30cm (11 3/4in) (3).
and holding the hands in various mudra,
mounted on silk weave borders and with a £1,800 - 2,000
cover. CNY17,000 - 19,000
Each: 18.7cm (7 4/8in) x 22cm (8 5/8in) (4). HK$21,000 - 24,000

£600 - 800 See two further works by Mai Jinyao offered in
CNY5,800 - 7,700 Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 October 2015, lots
HK$7,100 - 9,400 2890 & 2891.