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278
ANONYMOUS (QING DYNASTY)
Miao people’s daily life, Miaoman tu
Ink and pigment on paper, each inscribed with
a paragraph describing the scene, ten leaves
mounted as an album. Each 24.5cm (9 5/8in)
x 20cm (8in)
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
HK$15,000 - 19,000
Provenance: Christie’s, London, early 2000s
(by repute).

Miaoman tu or Bai Miao tu is a primarily visual
genre that emerged in 18th century Imperial
China. Referring generally to the minority
peoples in China’s southwest, rather than to
groups that called themselves Miao (Hmeng),
278 (part lot) these officially-commissioned albums were
produced predominantly for Manchu and Han
nobles, scholars, and gentry, and are very
interesting as they reveal how Imperial China
viewed culturally ‘other’ frontier populations.

See other paintings of similar subjects sold by
Christie’s, Ex Libris Jean R. Perrette: Important
Travel, Exploration & Cartography, New York,
5 April 2016, lot 266; and Sotheby’s, Arts
D’Asie, 23 June 2016, lot 178.
279
ANONYMOUS (QING DYNASTY)
Daily customs
Ink and pigment on paper, a part set
of twenty-one paintings and thirteen
accompanying pages of calligraphy, all
mounted on paper, loose leaves. Each:
28.5cm (11 1/4in) x 20cm (7 7/8in) (34).
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
HK$15,000 - 19,000
280
279 (part lot)
FEI YIQUN (ACTIVE SECOND HALF OF
19TH CENTURY)
Lady standing by a banana tree
Fan painting, ink, pigment and gilt on paper,
inscribed with signature, dated yihai year
(AD1875), with two red seals, mounted,
framed and glazed. 54cm (21 1/4in) wide.
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
HK$15,000 - 19,000

Provenance: Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong, 20
March 1981 (receipt).

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