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Lot 253

AN ANONYMOUS PAINTING OF A LADY

Estimated Value:

4.000 € - 6.000 €

Schätzpreis:

4.000 €

Description:

China, ca. 1850
60 x 45.7 cm R.
A Chinese lady holding a fan, dressed in a turquoise robe with cloud collar over a pleated floral skirt, is seated by an open window. Another woman, probably her maidservant, stands behind her holding a long pipe.
From an old private collection in northern Germany, acquired in 1988 from Martyn Gregory, London
Published: Martyn Gregory Catalogue 51, 'Chinnery and paintings of the China Coast', Summer 1988, no. 108, p. 89