Name: Auction: GROUP OF FIVE CHINESE RED-GROUND SILK EMBROIDERED PANELS LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIOD, 19TH-20TH CENTURY
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 800 GBP
Availability: InStock

Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179

Asian Works of Art | Wed 11th March 2026 from 11.30am | Lots 180 to 346

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The Shanghai School of Chinese Paintings

The Shanghai School, also known as the "Haipai" or "Hupai," emerged in the mid-19th century. During this period, Shanghai opened as a treaty port and evolved into the economic and cultural centre of modern China.

The Collector Behind Brushes Across Empire: Sir James Stewart Lockhart

Chinese paintings, ceramics, and works of art from the collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart.

Welcome to our March 2026 Asian Works of Art auction, led by Brushes Across Empire: Works from the Collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858 - 1937) (Lots 1 - 179).&nbsp;Comprising approximately 180 lots of Chinese paintings, ceramics and works of art, the collection reflects the scholarly eye of Sir James Stewart Lockhart, who served in Hong Kong from 1879 and later as Commissioner of Weihaiwei. The sale is offered on behalf of, and to benefit, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gwc.org.uk/">George Watson’s College</a>, Edinburgh.The auction also features a private Glasgow collection of Chinese paintings and ceramics (Lots 186–196), a private English collection of Chinese bronzes and jades (Lots 208–225), Chinese jades from Homer Ling (Lots 227–229), a Perthshire collection of bronzes and wood carvings (Lots 238–246), snuff bottles from Prof. J. Gilbert and Cora McAllister (Lots 267–281), west of Scotland and Renfrewshire collections of Chinese and Japanese works (Lots 302–305; 325–329) and a private UK collection of Southeast Asian art (Lots 343–346).

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ft. Brushes Across Empire: Works from the Collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart

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清末民初 紅地盤金繡龍紋桌圍、瑞獅及花卉紋橫幅、‘同安泰造’款 金魚福果紋掛幅（共五幅）comprising: a table front cover panel embroidered with gold thread and profusely decorated with applique mirrors, worked with central dragon motif, within borders of further gold thread, spangles, and brocade; two horizontal&nbsp;pelmets, one embroidered with lion dogs and foliate motifs in gold thread, the purple border with embroidered flowers and a tasseled border with silk knots and spangles, the other&nbsp;embroidered with conch shells and foliate motifs in raised gold thread; and a pair of vertical hangings of gold fish and bats, the red felt ground with applique mirror work, raised gold thread, tassels and fur, with borders of green and black silk and gold brocade selvedge, the back with stamped ‘Tong An Tai zao’ maker's mark (5)

GROUP OF FIVE CHINESE RED-GROUND SILK EMBROIDERED PANELS

LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIOD, 19TH-20TH CENTURY

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