A Chinese ancestor double portrait, late 19th/early 20th century

Bolt, Chinese and Glass

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ZAR 47 746
Lot 164
  • A Chinese ancestor double portrait, late 19th/early 20th century


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ZAR 12 000 - 15 000
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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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