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STUDIO OF SUNQUA (FL.1830-1870) STUDIO OF SUNQUA (FL.1830-1870)
The Manufacture of Silk The Manufacture of Tea
twelve bodycolours on pith paper inscribed '24 Manufacture of Tea / Mr Brain' (on the front free endpaper)
each 12 x 8in. (30.5 x 20.4cm.) twenty-four bodycolours on pith paper
in a Cantonese silk-bound album each 12 x 8in. (30.5 x 20.4cm.)
in a Cantonese silk-bound album
£3,000-5,000 US$3,700-6,200
€3,400-5,600 £4,000-6,000 US$5,000-7,400
€4,600-6,800
PROVENANCE:
Revd William Gott (bookplate on the front pastedown). PROVENANCE:
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, London, 9 May 1986, lot 444 (part). Revd William Gott (bookplate on the front pastedown).
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, London, 9 May 1986, lot 444 (part).
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