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ZAR 11 725
Lot 1
  • Chinese School, 18th century, Botanical Studies, two
  • Chinese School, 18th century, Botanical Studies, two
  • Chinese School, 18th century, Botanical Studies, two


Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
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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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