Lot 453 , Chinese School, pair of watercolours on silk, Study of birds and a squirrel on flowering branches, signed,

Chinese School, pair of watercolours on silk, Study of birds and a squirrel on flowering branches, signed, 102 x 40cm
Estimate £100-150


Provenance - The owner and her family lived in Singapore in the late 1950s. The collection includes antique Chinese porcelain, jade and furniture her father bought from shops in Orchard Road, Singapore around 1955-59.

Bird and squirrel picture has a hole. Both have creasing and undulation. They are also faded/discoloured. Both have light staining and loose paint/marks but the bird and flower picture has one notable stain in the top left.


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Sold for £260