CHINESE SCHOOL (19TH / 20TH CENTURY) SEATED CAT ink and colo...

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Hammer

£3,200

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CHINESE SCHOOL (19TH / 20TH CENTURY)
SEATED CAT
ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, bears Emperor Xuantong collector's seal
78cm high, 57cm high

PROVENANCE: Private Somerset collection

Acquired from Teresa Coleman, Hong Kong in the 1970's

NOTE: the seal indicates that the painting was once in the collection of the Emperor Puyi (1906-1967), who became the Xuantong Emperor at the age of two in 1908 but was forced to abdicate in 1912 due to the Xinhai Revolution. The scroll also bears a second seal of Chen Ju - It is likely that this is the painter rather than a collector as there are several recorded artists selling at auction under the same name.