GROUP OF FIFTEEN INK PAINTINGS ON SILK
LATE QING DYNASTY-REPUBLIC PERIOD, 19TH-20TH CENTURY
Estimate: £500 - £700
Auction: 12 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
清末民初 《勸善金科》及因果故事圖 絹本設色 鏡框（共十五幅）
comprising: ten rectangular paintings depicting scenes from the classical drama or fiction Quanshan Jinke (Golden Register for Promoting Goodness), and five rectangular paintings painted with similar moral narratives to promote goodness and merciful deeds, all similarly framed (15)
Dimensions
42.5cm x 21.5cm each and 38cm x 38cm each
Provenance
Private English collection, Yorkshire. Inherited from the current owner's grandfather, Arthur Henry Bliss Hume, who was a surveyor in the Royal Engineers in Beijing during 1901/1902, acquired then. Illustrated here is an image of these paintings on the wall of his bungalow in Dehra Dun, India, where he later served. Thence by direct descent.