Asian Art
Online-Only Auction, 14 - 25 April 2022
Asian Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 7 035
About this Item
A Chinese ink and colour painting on paper portrait of a courtier, 19th/20th century
seated on a throne, dressed in ceremonial attire, his robe centred with a rank badge stitched with a peacock and a flaming pearl amongst clouds, a pair of dogs-of-fo to the foreground contesting a brocaded ball, 101,5 by 64,5cm; and another, seated on a throne, dressed in ceremonial attire, her robe centred by a rank badge stitched with a peacock amongst clouds, her head adorned with a jewelled fengguan hung with strands of beads suspended from a pair of bird masks, a pair of cranes to the foreground, 101,5 by 64,5cm
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Provenance
Property of an Oriental Collector.
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