b'1281101 1106A PORTRAIT POSTER OF CHAIRMANAn antique Thai temple scroll painting MAO in green uniform against a red(phrabot), late 19th century,background with white border. This iswatercolour & pigments highlighted generally believed to be the earliestwith gold leaf on cotton cloth,official portrait of Chairman Mao afterRattanakosin School (1787-1910),the foundation of the Peoples Republic185 x 92cmof China. It carries a stamp in the lowerPROVENANCEright corner on the reverse whichA private Melbourne collection, acquired translates Free copy given by thefrom a Japanese collection.Editing and Publishing Unit, All-China Federation of Trade Unions. Printed byNOTESShanghai Xu Sheng Ji Printing FactoryThe making of a phrabot had a deep for Beijing Workers Publishing House.religious motivation, embedded in Not dated. Size: 78 x 54cm. the concept of earning merit, a key $400600element of the Buddhist faith. Through a phrabot, merit could be accumulated by sponsoring or donating it to a 1102 monastery, often during religious An antique Chinese carved ivory callingfestivals. Most of the phrabot from card case, mid 19th century, earlier periods have been lost due to the 8.2cm highfragility of the cloth and paint pigments, $400600 and the effects of a humid climate. The painting style of this phrabot is 1103 from the late Rattanakosin era (1787-1910), probably during the reigns of 1102 Antique Chinese figural architecturalKing Rama IV and V (1851-1910) which fragment, carved wood with remainsconstituted the final classical period of of polychrome finish, Ming Dynasty,the Rattanakosin School. 1099 16th/17th century, $1,2001,500 An antique Chinese dragon stand,35cm longcarved and lacquered wood with gilded$600800 1107highlights, Qing Dynasty, circa 1900,101cm high 1104 An antique Chinese brass travelling $400600ink pot, 19th century,An antique Chinese travelling hat21cm longcase vanity box, woven copper$120200 1100 and brass with lacquered interior, A pair of hand painted ChineseQing Dynasty, 19th century,porcelain vases showing mirrored69cm high1108scenes of an ocean liner at sunset$400600 A pair of antique Chinese blue and with the inscription Sailing the seaswhite porcelain vases, Qing Dynasty, depends on a Helmsman, making1105 19th century,revolution depends on Mao Zedongunderglaze blue four character mark to thought. Smaller paintings of theAn antique Mandarin court hat,base,ship on reverse, early 1970s, Qing Dynasty, 19th/20th century,26cm high (2)hand-painted on base15cm high, 31cm diameter $6001,000Jiangxi Porcelain Company $200300 27.5cm highPROVENANCEBloomsbury Auctions, London, November 2009 Mao and the arts of New China.$300500 1103'