GROUP OF FOUR CHINESE INK RUBBINGS
£530
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
兩幅《紅苗歸化圖》、《黑番投城圖》及《特勒驃》 水墨紙本 拓片(共四幅)
comprising: two ‘The Naturalisation of the Red Miao People’, 86cm x 231cm and 84.5cm x 227cm; one ‘Surrender of Foreign Power’, 85.7cm x 237cm; and one ‘Telebiao'- one of the six steeds of Zhao mausoleum, 134cm x 195cm (4)
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Melrose; acquired in China in the 1940's when working for Shell, thence by descent.
蘇格蘭私人收藏,梅爾羅斯鎮;1940年間在中國就職於殼牌公司時入藏,後家族遞藏。
Footnote
The original ‘Telebiao’ stone carving with the other three steeds were broken into smaller slabs to be exported but intercepted during shipment. They were first stored in the warehouse of the Shaanxi Provincial Library and moved to the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum in 1949, now displayed in the Xi'an Forest of Steles Museum: https://beilin-museum.com/index.php?m=home&c=View&a=index&aid=2531