Fine Chinese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 531
AFTER ZHAO BOJU (17TH CENTURY)
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £3200
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Description
AFTER ZHAO BOJU (17TH CENTURY)
CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDAY OF THE QUEEN MOTHER OF THE WEST
A Chinese painting, ink and colour on silk, signed Boju with three artist's seals and five collectors' seals, together with a colophon attributed to Qiu Yuan which has been separately mounted, framed, 314cm x 35cm . (2)
Provenance: the collection of Air Commodore Anthony Walkinshaw Fraser (1934-2021), which he inherited from his brother Erik Francis Watts (1904-84) who was a main board Director of Jardine Matheson,acquired in China in the 1920s, and thence by descent.