JIANG LIAN (CHINESE 1796-) INK PAINTING DEPICTING A BEAUTY, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 蔣蓮 美人捧香爐水墨畫 設色絹本 鏡框 題識：仿陳老蓮先生筆 蔣蓮 鈐印：蔣蓮、香湖 ink and colour on silk; inscribed 'after Chen Hongshou's style'; signed, with two seals of the artist, framed (31.2cm x 17.9cm) Qty: (1) Provenance: Private Scottish collection; acquired by sinologist Robert Bruce (1911-1999) when he resided in China, and was the Head of the British Council in Hong Kong. He spoke four Chinese languages and was the author of several books including a biography of Sun Yat-Sen, Oxford University Press, 1969.