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A GROUP OF FIVE FAN PAINTINGS
Various Artists, Qing Dynasty
A group of five folding fans, now mounted, some glazed, including
1. Calligraphy in running script on gold paper, signed and sealed
Weng Wenmo;
2. ink plum blossom, ink on paper, bearing an inscription in clerical
with a spurious signature of Jin Nong;
3. a landscape with women in a boat, ink and color on gold paper,
with an inscription and spurious signature of Tang Yin;
4. a landscape, ink and color on gold paper with an inscription
signed Ziqin, Li Shourong;
5. insects and flowers, ink and color on gold paper, signed Shi’an.
20 1/4in (51.5cm) across, the largest (5).

$3,000 - 5,000
This set of fans was gifted to Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) by
扇面五幅 清
Frances Stokes Clark Weekes, who was the widow of the football
Provenance hero and stockbroker Harold H Weekes (1880-1950). Ms. Notvotna
Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) and her family rented Mrs. Weekes’s home in the early 1950s where
the fans hung in the master bedroom. Mrs. Weekes later made a
來源 present of them as an expression of friendship and admiration for
Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) Ms. Novotna’s talents as an opera star and actress. The fans have
remained with Ms. Novotna’s family ever since.

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