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585. A Chinese ink and watercolour painting, depicting figures fishing in a mountainous landscape, applied with four seal marks and with a single column of calligraphy, some


surface


damage, 33cm x 45.5cm. £400-600


586. A Chinese mounted paper fan, painted in ink with a landscape and with calligraphy, stained and worn, 48cm.


£100-200


587. ‘The Opium Ships at Lintin in China, 1824’, a coloured engraving from a painting by W J Huggins, framed and glazed, 39cm x 58.5cm.


£200-300


From 1821 the Chinese authorities prohibited the importation of opium into either Macao or Whampoa anchorage close to Canton. As a result hulks were anchored at Lintin to act as floating depots and warehouses for the opium.


588. A framed Tibetan painting of


Syamatara, 19th century, seated in lalitisana, her hands in vitarka and varada mudras, seated on a lotus throne, a scroll painting of two birds beneath flowers and foliage, and a painted silk banner of a standing maiden, 167cm max. (3) £150-250


589. A large Chinese textile panel, depicting a group of figures including Shoulao, the border with the Eight Immortals all between dragons and phoenix, 292cm x 126cm.


£800-1,200


590. Two Chinese scroll paintings, one depicting magpies and mallard ducks under a willow tree, 123cm x 64cm, the other depicting children at play while their teacher sleeps, 126cm x 66cm, both foxed and creased. (2) £350-500


591. A Chinese painting on silk, probably 17th century, depicting three white egrets, each standing on one leg, tears and repairs, 90.5cm x 62.5cm.


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