Asian Art I - 21st May 2014
Lot 42
A rare pair of Chinese scroll paintings on silk 19th or early 20th century
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £20000
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Description
A rare pair of Chinese scroll paintings on silk 19th or early 20th century, one depicting twelve scenes of rice cultivation, the other with twelve scenes of sericulture, each divided by panels of calligraphy and with title panels to each end, the scene panels 430cm x 25.5cm. (2)
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.