Asian Art I - 16th May 2017
Lot 31
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DOUBLE-SIDED TILE KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted to one side with a scene from...
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £4200
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Description
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DOUBLE-SIDED TILE
KANGXI 1662-1722
Painted to one side with a scene from the Romance of the Western Chamber, depicting Cui Yingying and Hong Niang listening to Zhang Gong playing a qin, the reverse with figures in the Kunlun mountains, mounted in a later hardwood frame as a table screen, 26cm x 18cm.
Provenance: from the collection of Lady Ottoline and Philip Morrell, and thence by descent.