Pair of Ancestral Portraits of a Couple

Description:

Pair of Ancestral Portraits of a Couple, China, 20th century, both sitting upright in a chair, dressed in formal robes, with their feet on a footrest, the man holding a fan in his right hand and a rosary in his left, his robe with a rank badge with auspicious symbols, a "ri" (sun) character, a left-facing bird, the woman with her hands and feet hidden under her robe, wearing a headdress with openwork phoenixes, her robe with a rank badge with auspicious symbols, a "yue" (moon) character, and a right-facing bird, ink, color, and gold on paper, framed and glazed, painting 62 1/2 x 34 1/2 in.

Provenance: Purchased at Charlotte Horstmann in 1987.
Estimate $800-1,000

in good condition with some buckling, creases, loss of colors, traces of repairs.


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