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Lockwood De Forest II - A Collectors Eye; Asian Art — Bonhams

Auction House:BonhamsNumber of lots recorded:221
Sale Title:Lockwood De Forest II - A Collectors Eye; Asian ArtLots with images:221
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:150
Date:13-Jul-2015
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Four Chinese inside-painted snuff bottles. Various artists, painted from 1995 to 1997, 7.3 cm high, 7.8 cm high, 8 cm high, 7.5 cm high (4). Provenance: NSW Private Collection
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A Chinese inside-painted snuff bottle, Wang Jinshan (1958 - ), painted in 1998, 10.5 cm high. Provenance: NSW Private Collection
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Two Chinese inside-painted snuff bottles, Painted in 1997 and 2007, 8.2 cm high, 8.5 cm high (2). Provenance: NSW Private Collection
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A Chinese inside-painted snuff bottle, Wang Baichuan (1949 - ), painted in 1999, 7.8 cm high. Provenance: NSW Private Collection
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Two Chinese inside-painted snuff bottles, Qiu Shi, painted 2000, 9.5 cm high, 8.8 cm high (2). Provenance: NSW Private Collection
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Three Chinese inside-painted snuff bottles, Wang Jinshan (1958 - ), painted in 2000 and 2001, 9 cm high, 9.6 cm high, 9.4 cm high (3). Provenance: NSW Private Collection, '·''·''·'20002002
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Two inside-painted snuff bottles, Li Zhenzheng, one painted in 1998, 7.4 cm high, 7 cm high (2). Provenance: NSW Private Collection
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A Chinese painted-enamel snuff bottle, Qianlong four-character mark, 6 cm high. Provenance: NSW Private Collection
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Four Chinese snuff bottles, 20th century, two of glass overlay, one inside painted, one of jade and hard stones. Various sizes from 7 cm to 8 cm (4). Provenance: NSW Private Collection
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Three inside painted snuff bottles, Painted in 1980 and 1981, 7 cm high, 7.8 cm high, 8 cm high (3). Provenance: NSW Private Collection
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Five Chinese inside-painted snuff bottles. Various artists, painted between 1983 and 2007, 7.5 cm to 8 cm high (5). Provenance: NSW Private Collection
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A Chinese celadon-glaze dish with famille-rose 'flower' decoration, 19th century, 15.8 cm diam. Provenance: NSW Private Collection, purchased from Bonhams and goodman, 17 November 2003 (invoice and label)
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A Chinese sang-de-boeuf pear-shaped vase, Qing, 16 cm high
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A Chinese 'landscape' famille-rose vase, Qianong six-character iron-red seal mark, early to mid 20th century, with label '407 Sotheby's', 44 cm high. Provenance: NSW Private Collection, purchased in Bonhams & goodman on 29 May 2002, lot 42
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A Chinese carved jade teapot, 20th century, Qianlong incised four-character mark, 15 cm spout to handle. Provenance: NSW Private Collection
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A carved jadeite water dropper with fitted wood stand, 12 cm long, 220g. Provenance: NSW Private Collection
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Two Chinese jade carvings of a corn and a citrus fruit, 9 cm long, 7.3 cm long, 175g (2). Provenance: NSW Private Collection
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Seven pieces of carved jadeite, three with certificates, the brown agate of 6.5 cm long, the green from 3 cm to 4.5 cm long, total weight 330g (5)
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A Chinese soapstone carving of a lohan, 11 cm high. Provenance: NSW Private Collection, purchased in Stanley & Co. on 22 Feb 2004
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Fourteen hair pins and ornaments inlayed with Kingfisher feather, Qing dynasty. Various sizes from 2 cm to 10 cm long (14). Provenance: NSW Private Collection
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A Chinese painted-enamel cup and saucer, Late Qing to Republic period, saucer: 14 cm wide, cup: 4.6 cm high (2). Provenance: NSW Private Collection
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A group of Chinese hardwood miniature furniture and a wooden displaying box, the furniture group consisting of a sloping-style cabinet, a scholar's display shelf, a kitchen cabinet, a southern official hat chair, and a horseshoe chair, The furniture of various height from 12.8 cm to 28 cm, the box 9 cm x 5.2 cm x 2 cm (6). Provenance: NSW Private Collection, ''
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A Chinese carved 'dragon' ink-stone, Four-character incised mark, 18.5 cm long
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A Chinese carved 'Zhong Kui' hardwood brush pot, 14 cm high
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A Chinese bronze figure group, 35.5 cm high
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A Chinese yixing teapot, attributed to Wang Yinxian (1943 - ), incised Mao's famous verse 'serve the people' on one side, and landscape on the other, one seal of the artist to the interior of the lid, and one seal of the artist to the base, accompanied with the signature of both the artist and Gu Jingzhou, together with a rubber-stamped verse '1968 Against Selfishness and Marxist revisionism', spout to handle: 18 cm, body: 11 cm diam
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Two Chinese carved soapstone figures of a Guanyin and an Arhat, 9 cm high, 8 cm high, (2)
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A carved Chinese agate tripod censer, 20th century, 15.5 cm high
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A Chinese famille-rose ceramic plaque, attributed to Cheng Yiting (1895 - 1948), 25.2 cm x 38.3 cm
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A Chinese doucai 'narcissus' wine cup, Tongzhi six-character underglaze blue mark, 4.8 cm high
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A Chinese blue-and-white 'the four arts' jar, Underglaze double-ring mark, 11.5 cm high
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A group of four Chinese blue and white dishes, Kangxi, and various underglaze-blue marks, 10.5 cm diam. (4)
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A Chinese square blue-and-white 'dragon' box with cover, Jiajing six-character mark, 16.5 cm x 17 cm x 11 cm
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A Chinese blue-and-white 'peony' charger, 39 cm diam. Provenance: Private collection NSW
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A Chinese blue-and-white painted and brown-glaze dish, Kangxi six-character underglaze-blue mark, 9.5 cm diam
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Ong Kim Seng (Singapore, b. 1945), Chinatown (1991), watercolour on paper, framed, Signed and inscribed by the artist, 54 cm x 36 cm. Provenance: Private collection Victoria, purchased in Balmoral Art Gallery in 1991
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Ong Kim Seng (Singapore, b. 1945), Singapore River, watercolour on paper, framed, Signed and inscribed by the artist, 37 cm x 27 cm. Provenance: Private collection Victoria, purchased in Balmoral Art Gallery in 1991
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Ong Kim Seng (Singapore, b. 1945), Two watercolours, Afternoon at the Fyansford, and Gumtree at Dusk (1990), watercolour on paper, framed, Signed and inscribed by the artist, 37 cm x 27 cm (2). Provenance: Private collection Victoria, purchased in Balmoral Art Gallery in 1991
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Ong Kim Seng (Singapore, b. 1945), Two watercolours, Autumn at Bendigo (1990), and Old Bridge (1990), watercolour on paper, framed, Signed and inscribed by the artist, 36 cm x 27 cm, 54 cm x 36 cm (2). Provenance: Private collection Victoria, purchased in Balmoral Art Gallery in 1991
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A pair of Kutani vases, 'Kutani Sei' mark to the base, Meiji to Taisho period, 37 cm high (2). Provenance: Acquired in UK circa 1946, Private collection NSW
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A kutani Tokkuri square bottle, studio mark to the base, 19th century, 21 cm high
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A Japanese cloisonne 'eagle' vase, Meiji to Taisho period, marked tama, 18.5 cm high
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A Japanese travelling set of a pair of chopsticks and a knife, Meiji to Taisho period, the case of gilt-metal on shagreen, the chopsticks of gilt-metal on bone, 28 cm long. Provenance: New Zealand Private Collection
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A Chinese carved white jade 'figure and landscape' circular plaque, Qing dynasty, 13 cm wide, 2 cm high, 160g. Provenance: Victoria Private Collection, inherited from current owner's mother who purchased the piece in London
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A Chinese carved celadon jade bangle, 7.2 cm diam. 35g
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A Chinese carved celadon jade 'sage' pendant, 6.5 cm high, 115g
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A Chinese carved and reticulated 'crane' celadon jade plaque, 8.2 cm x 4.6 cm x 0.8, 70g
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A carved Chinese celadon jade ruyi, 11 cm long
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A Chinese carved white jade 'landscape' plaque, 9.2 cm long
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A Chinese moulded celadon-glaze 'lotus' bowl, 29 cm diam
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A Chinese qingbai conical cup, Yuan dynasty, 14.2 cm diam
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A Chinese celadon-glaze vase with tubular handles, Label: Bonhams and Butterfields 7286/3, 18 cm high
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A moulded and carved celadon vase, Early to mid 20th century, 61.5 cm high
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A Chinese ge-type vase with tubular handles, 15.3 cm high
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A Chinese celadon-glaze mallet-shaped vase with 'phoenix' handles, 16 cm high
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A Chinese celadon-glaze vase, meiping, 19.5 cm high
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A Chinese celadon-glaze dish, 19th century, underglaze-blue seal mark to the base, 15 cm diam
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Qi Liangyi (1923 - 1988), Morning Glory, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, Signed and inscribed by the artist, with one seal of the artist, Dated 1973, 34.5 cm x 102 cm. Provenance: East & West Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria Private Collection
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Qi Liangchi (1921 - ), Chicks, ink on paper, hanging scroll, Signed and inscribed by the artist, with one seal of the artist, Dated 1973, 35 cm x 131 cm. Provenance: East & West Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria Private Collection
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Qi Liangchi (1921 - ), Chicks, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, Signed and inscribed by the artist with one seal of the artist, Undated, 68 cm x 34 cm. Provenance: East & West Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria Private Collection
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Li Yan (1943 - ), Monkeys, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, Signed and inscribed by the artist, with two seals of the artist, Undated, 46 cm x 68 cm. Provenance: East & West Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria Private Collection
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Li Yan (1943 - ), Monkeys, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, Signed and inscribed by the artist, with three seals of the artist, Dated 1979, 46 cm x 68 cm. Provenance: East & West Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria Private Collection, 1979
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Kang Ning (1938 - ), Bird and Flowers, ink and colour on paper, hanging scrolls, Signed and inscribed by the artist, Dated 1979 and 1980, 67 cm x 46 cm, 43 cm x 33 cm (2). Provenance: East & West Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria Private Collection
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Yao Dixiong (1949 - ) and Yao Diming, Eagle and Ducks, ink and colour on paper, hanging scrolls, Signed by the artists with seals, The Eagle dated 1980, 45 cm x 34 cm, 61 cm x 33 cm (2). Provenance: East and West Gallery, Melbourne, Vic Private Collection
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Lin Boxi (1950 -), Orchids, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, Signed and inscribed by the artist, with four seals of the artist, Dated 1985, 44.6 cm x 85.3 cm. Provenance: East and West Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria Private Collection
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A Chinese woodblock print after Shen Zhou, by Rongbao Studio, hanging scroll, bearing a publishing label 'Rongbao Studio No.80-5-A13 Coloured Landscape by Shen Shitian and printed by Rongbao Studio', 31 cm x 23.5 cm. Provenance: East and West Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria Private Collection
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A carved Chinese Longquan celadon-glaze vase, Yuan/ Ming dynasty, 20 cm high. Provenance: East and West Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria Private Collection
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A moulded Chinese Longquan 'aster' celadon-glaze charger, Yuan/ Ming dynasty, 34.5 cm diam. Provenance: East and West Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria Private Collection
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A pair of Chinese lacquered bamboo brush pots, Late Qing to Republic period, 28 cm high (2). Provenance: East and West Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria Private Collection
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A Burmese dark red and gold lacquered wood seated figure of Buddha, 50 cm high. Provenance: East and West Gallery, Victoria, Victoria Private Collection
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A gilt-bronze figure of a Bodhisattva, 19.5 cm high. Provenance: East and West Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria Private Collection
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A Japanese painted four-fold screen, 19th century, 149 cm x 60.5 cm. Provenance: East and West Gallery, Victoria, Victoria Private Collection
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Ng Eng Teng (1934 - 2001), Conical Form, 1985 sculpture, with an impressed seal of the artist 56.5 cm high. Provenance: East and West Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria Private Collection
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A Chinese bronze censer, gui, 5.5 cm high, 475g
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A Chinese bronze tripod censer, Embossed Zhengde four-character mark, 11 cm diam. 810g
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A Chinese square bronze censer, Three-character embossed studio mark, 18.5 cm wide, 9 cm high, 9 cm deep, 2440g
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A gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus, 19 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia Private Collection
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A gilt-bronze figure of Vajrasattva, 23.5 cm high. Provenance: Western Australian Private Collection, purchased in the 1940s in Shanxi and hence by descent (by repute)
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A pair of Chinese archaic-style cloisonne lobed censers, Qianlong four-character embossed mark, 21.3 cm high (2). Provenance: Western Australia Private Collection, purchased in the 1950s in Kyoto and hence by descent (by repute)
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A Chinese carved white jade libation cup, Qing dynasty, 10 cm, 435g. Provenance: Victoria, Private Collection, inherited from current owner's mother who purchased the piece in London
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A Chinese carved celadon jade figure group, of a qilin carrying supposedly baby Confucian and a book, 8 cm wide, 380g
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A Chinese carved yellow jade figure of a heavenly guard, 7 cm high, 40g
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A Chinese carved celadon jade figure group, of a child climbing over a pair of luffa, 7 cm high, 125g
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A Chinese carved celadon jade 'Zhong Kui' plaque, 4.2 cm x 6.5 cm x 0.8 cm, 55g
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A Chinese white jade carving of a horse, 5.3 cm wide, 60g
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A carved Chinese black and white jade pendant, of a three-legged toad climbing over a pebble, 7 cm long, 155g
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Wang Lanruo (Chinese, 1911 - '), Prunus Blossoms, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, Signed and inscribed by the artist, with one seal of the artist, Dated 1945, 51.4 cm x 101.8 cm. Provenance: Victoria Private Collection, gifted from the artist in the 1960s and hence by descendent
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Wang Lanruo (Chinese, 1911 - '), Snow, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, Signed and inscribed by the artist, with two seals of the artist, Dated 1967, 34.5 cm x 104.3 cm. Provenance: Victoria Private Collection, gifted from the artist in the 1960s and hence by descendent
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Wang Lanruo (Chinese, 1911 - '), Magpies and Cherry Blossoms, Cranes and Pine Trees, Magpies and Cherry Blossoms: ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, Signed and inscribed by the artist, with two seals of the artist, Dated 1945, Cranes and Pine Trees, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, Signed and inscribed by the artist, with two seals of the artist, Dated 1945, Spring: 36 cm x 69 cm, Cranes and Pine Trees: 40 cm x 82.5 cm (2). Provenance: Victoria Private Collection, gifted from the artist in…
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Attributed to Zheng Xie (1693 - 1765), Couplet, ink on paper, hanging scrolls, Signed and inscribed by the artist, with three seals of the artist, and one seal attributed to Wang Zuxi (1858 - 1908), Undated, 30.7 cm x 127.5 cm (2)
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Attributed to Huang Yongyu (b. 1924), Owl, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, Signed and inscribed by the artist, with four seals of the artist, 75 cm x 137 cm. Provenance: Private collection Victoria. Purchased in the late 1990s from a student of Zhao Shaoang
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Attributed to Zhao Shaoang (1905 - 1998), Willow and Bird, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, Signed and inscribed by the artist, with two seal of the artist, 47 cm x 79 cm. Provenance: Victoria Private Collection, purchased from a student of the artist in the late 1990s, Publication: Yiyuan Duo Ying: selected works by Lingnan School, Zhao Shaoang, Yang Shanshen, Guan Shanyue, Li Xiongcai, Shanghai People's Art Publishing House, P. 28
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Attributed to Guan Shanyue (1912 - 2000), Bamboo and Sparrows, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, Signed and inscribed by the artist, with three seals of the artist, Dated 1985, 76 cm x 145 cm. Provenance: Victoria Private Collection, purchased in the late 1990s from a student of Zhao Shaoang, Publication: Yiyuan Duo Ying: selected works by Lingnan School, Zhao Shaoang, Yang Shanshen, Guan Shanyue, Li Xiongcai, Shanghai People's Art Publishing House, P. 62
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Attributed to Pan Gongshou (b. 1741, d. 1794), Snowy Mountain, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, 34.5 cm x 64 cm. Provenance: Victoria Private Collection
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Attributed to Wang Hui, Landscape, 46 cm x 94 cm. Provenance: NSW Private Collection, inherited from the current owner's father
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Various Artists, Yao Beiquan, Fish (61 cm x 88.5 cm), Wang Weibao (b. 1942), Landscape (89 cm x 52 cm), Wang Weibao (b. 1942), Landscape (48 cm x 68 cm), Wu Yumei, Musa (44 cm x 67 cm), Chen Jinyan (b. 1938), Landscape (35 cm x 65 cm), Yang Hanshu, Butterfly (32 cm x 50.5 cm), Lin Baozhen, Magnolia and Magpies (42 cm x 103 cm), (7). Provenance: NSW Private Collection, gifts directly from the artists to the current owner's father
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Attributed to Fan Zeng (1938 -), Buddha, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, Signed and inscribed by the artist, with two seals of the artist, Dated 1995, Accompanied by a certificate issued by the 'China Cultural Relics Institute Collection Appraisal Department', 68.8 cm x 137.5 cm
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A framed Chinese fan painting, Dated according to inscription 1876, 49 cm wide
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Li Ranqing, The Fountain Bubbled and the Carps Leapt Out, ink and colour on paper, album leaf, framed, Inscribed and signed by the artist, with one seal, undated, 32 cm x 24 cm
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Two framed Chinese silk paintings, late Qing dynasty, 42.5 cm x 33 cm (2)
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