PAIR HAND COLORED EMPEROR/EMPRESS PORTRAITS
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Description
Painted in gouache in great detail showing ceremonial robes and jewelry, carved furniture, and rugs. Accented in metallic gold ink. The Empress's robes are decorated in gold dragons, and her foot rests on a marble inset. They both have ermine-trimmed robes. The Emperor is wearing a court necklace with jade beads. His robes indicate embroidered scenes with birds, dragons, and flowers. Framed in cinnabar colored frames with gold edges.
37" X 25 1/2"
$300 - $500
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Auction Description:
Ring in the New Year a few days early with Converse Auctions' Annual Important New Years Chinese Sale! We are pleased to offer a variety of unique items including a few Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty pieces. Add to or complete your collection of wood chen xiang, antique Tibetan thankgas, carved cinnabar, lovely cloisonné, handsome Huanghuali and Zitan furniture, fine porcelain including rose medallion, jade and jadeite carvings and jewelry, beautiful scrolls and framed artwork, brush pots, bronze censers, Buddhas, snuff bottles, and more. Estate provenance is included in many descriptions. We wish you the best of luck in this auction and the coming New Year.
Condition
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