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

Bolt, Chinese and Glass

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ZAR 54 567
Lot 165
  • A Chinese ancestor double portrait, late 19th/early 20th century


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ZAR 12 000 - 15 000
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ZAR 54 567
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A Chinese ancestor double portrait, late 19th/early 20th century
painted with an official and his consort, each dressed in ornate robes, wearing the 9th rank badge of a paradise flycatcher and seated on a throne, before panelled screens painted with figures in a landscape, laid down on board, 144.5cm by 94cm


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