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Oriental Works of Art, Jewellery, Silver and Furniture
Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 11 725
About this Item
Chinese School, 18th century, Botanical Studies, two
watercolour, pen and ink on rice paper, one with flowering peony and inscription mew.tan.hona or Queen of flowers, black three-character mark, the other with a butterfly above flowering blooms, with inscription Ting. tehan. houw ,The flower is compared to a lamp. i.e. light or fire. Saucer. to a wick burning in a small saucer, black three-character mark, each with Spink, London, label to the reverse and numbered K3852, the larger 28,5 by 22cm
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Notes
These botanical studies are from an album of the same name, by Sugua, 1756.
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