A Chinese ancestor double portrait, late 19th/early 20th century
Bolt, Chinese and Glass
LOT 164
A Chinese ancestor double portrait, late 19th/early 20th century
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 12 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 47 746
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A Chinese ancestor double portrait, late 19th/early 20th century
painted with an official and his consort, each dressed in sumptuous robes, wearing the 8th rank badge of a quail and seated on a throne before panelled screens, the foreground with a floral carpet, laid down on board, 161cm by 96cm
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