comprising: one horizontal with design of emperor and court figures under archway, patterned metal hanging fixture, with Jian Ding Guangdong Cultural Relics Bureau #1 export approval seal, 9-1/4 x 14-1/4 x 2 in.; one vertical with design of figures on horseback and attendants, with wire for suspension, 24-1/4 x 5-5/8 x 2 in.; larger vertical example, with two panels of figures underneath archways, one panel featuring two geese, with character mark in upper right corner and Jian Ding Guangdong Cultural Relics Bureau #2 export approval seal on back, 39-5/8 x 9-5/8 x 2-1/2 in.

Note: William Joseph Roache and his family moved from Australia to Hong Kong in the early 1960s. He was employed as an Agronomist, and his job took him out into the Chinese countryside. In these travels, he purchased Chinese art, typically porcelains, from locals and shops. Mr. Roache then moved to Singapore in the late 1960s and continued his passion for collecting. After moving to the United States, he and his family retired to a horse farm in Rutherfordton, North Carolina where he lived surrounded by his beloved objects.

Provenance: Collection of William Joseph Roache, Rutherfordton, North Carolina; by descent in family

loss to gilt and pigment, rubbing and distress to wood; horizontal example with losses to top border, one figure missing head, some breaks and glue residue to element behind emperor; smaller vertical example with loss to one figure's robe and top of scepter in the hand of bottom rider, crack to top; larger vertical example with loss to one figure's robe and bottom two figures' held items, scattered small cracking