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Lot 116

A CHINESE ANCESTRAL PORTRAIT
Second half 19th century, ink and watercolour on paper, depicting three men and three women from the same family, the women in red robes with rank badges and elaborate headdresses, the men in fur lined winter coats, inscription above and below.
180 x 90cm (215cm x 120cm framed)

Estimate $3,000 - $4,000

Paper has been glued down and there are many horizontal creases throughout with some losses to pigment along the folds, bottom edge with some restorations presumably when reframed, top edge with two tears, unexamined out of frame, some scratches to perspex


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Please note condition reports can be amended during the pre-sale period, so we strongly suggest any interested bidders check the published condition report available on the website before the auction commences. Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.

The Brans Collection

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8444
4:00pm - 21 November 2021
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra

VIEWING
Viewing in Sydney:
Friday 19 - Saturday 20 November, 10am - 4pm
Sunday 21 November, 10am - 3pm

CONTACT
Madeleine Norton
madeleine.norton@leonardjoel.com.au


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