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SELECTIONS FROM
THE KELTON COLLECTION
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CHINESE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1790
Three Chinese Deities
watercolour and bodycolour and gold paint on paper
each 17æ x 14¡in. (45.1 x 36.5cm.) and similar (3)
£4,000-6,000 US$5,000-7,400
€4,600-6,800
PROVENANCE:
with Martyn Gregory, London, 1991, cat.27, nos 88a-c. (as 'Piu Ou Qua (1737-1826)').
There are watercolours of Guanyin (Bodhisattva) attributed to the same hand (Piu Ou Qua) in the RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode
Island (21.455-458), including another version of 'Guandi' (the God of War) included here.
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