Asian Art II - 13th November 2019
Lot 657
A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN PLAQUES LATE QING DYNASTY One painted with a figure...
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £1600
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN PLAQUES
LATE QING DYNASTY
One painted with a figure drinking wine in a garden beneath a pine tree, he stands by a qin with two smaller attendants by his side, the other depicting armed warriors riding on horseback through a rough landscape with a flag-bearer running beside them, each contained in a wood frame, 36.5cm x 24.5cm. (2)
Provenance: from the collection of Joseph Alexander Thomson (d.c.1950) who worked in Hangzhou, and thence by descent.