ORIENTAL, INDIAN & PERSIAN ART
Lot 412
Lot 413
Lot 414
412* Chinese advertising poster. A colour-printed advertising poster for cigarettes, circa 1905, printed on silk, featuring a large mythological scene with figures, sea and mountains, the lower part of the image depicting four vignettes of Eagle Bird, Three Castles, Wild Woodbine and Cycle cigarettes, plus lower corner vignettes of western and Oriental smokers, letterpress table in Chinese script lower centre margin, a little silk fraying and scattered minor browning within image, 64.5 x 55.5cm (25.5 x 22ins), framed and glazed Cycle cigarettes are manufactured by British American Tobacco Co. Ltd which was formed in 1902. This advertising poster would appear to date from shortly after this date. (1) £200-300
413* Chinese School. A Chinese mountain landscape scroll painting, 19th century, watercolour on paper, artist’s red seal lower left, calligraphic inscription and seal top right, 116 x 47cm (45.75 x 18.5ins), silk-lined border, a few creases and light spots (1)
£100-150
414* Chinese School. A group of four Chinese watercolours of birds, early 20th century, pen, ink and watercolour on paper, two depicting ground birds (chickens and quails) amongst rocks and plants, the other two depicting birds perched on blossoming trees, each signed with red seals, 27 x 36.5cm (10.5 x 14.25ins), framed and glazed (4)
£200-300
415* Indian miniature. Hunting scene, 20th century, pen, ink and watercolour on paper, within black and gold foliate border, image 23.5 x 14.5cm (9.25 x 5.75ins), framed and glazed (1)
£150-200
416* Indian miniature. Portrait of a nobleman, 19th century, pen and ink drawing on paper, heightened in gold (small split to lower portion of jama), unfinished, a little light soiling, 14.5 x 6.5cm (5.75 x 2.5ins) mount aperture, framed and glazed (1)
Lot 415
£70-100
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