Asian Art I - 21st May 2014
Lot 43
A Chinese scroll painting on silk 19th/early 20th century
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £37000
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Description
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.