Asian Art I - 21 May 2014

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A Chinese scroll painting on silk 19th/early 20th century

十九/二十世紀初 周璕(傳)《嵩山仙品》

£1,000 - £2,000 £37,000

A Chinese scroll painting on silk 19th/early 20th century, depicting Immortals in an extensive mountain landscape, engaged in meditation and other pursuits, one carried on the shoulders of four demonic bearers, another on horseback, others attended by lion dogs. A sinuous scaly dragon at one end rises from breaking waves, five character mark and two red seals, and with a separate title panel to one end, the main panel 518cm, the title panel 91cm x 40cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Captain W E Frank Jones DFC CAC, one of China's first Air Advisers and Air Route Pilots, flying China's original Air Mail in 1921. He was also adviser to the Chinese Government in Beijing during the 1930s

Exhibited: Chinese Science and Arts Exhibition, Atoamere Hotel Hall, Bournemouth, from May 1939.

十九/二十世紀初 周璕(傳)《嵩山仙品》
設色絹本
來源:W E 弗蘭克•瓊斯 DFC CAC上尉收藏 (他是1921年最早飛行中國航綫的飛行員之一,并在2930年代在北京擔任中國政府顧問)
展覽:在1939年英國伯恩茅斯Ataomere Hotel Hall展出

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