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Lot 197
Sale 4056 - Asian Arts
Oct 18, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$5,000 -
7,000
Lot Description
An impressive and large Chinese portrait of a member of the Imperial Court, Qing dynasty 皇室成員祖先畫 清
Ink and color with gold on silk
mounted as a hanging scroll, the roller bar ends of cloisonne, decorated with phoenix, butterflies and flowers
The sitter depicted in a dragon surcoat with gold five-clawed dragons; seated on a black-lacquered horseshoe-back chair with tiger-skin throw, her fur hat with three Buddhist appliques, coral finial; a panel above the portrait with twin phoenix and five-clawed dragon border en grisaille
H: 71 3/4 in; W: 38 1/4 in. (image) H: 84 in. (image and phoenix panel)