Asian Art Online
Description:
Hanging Scroll Depicting the Consort Chen, China, 19th century, standing with a covered bowl in her right hand, entitled and inscribed with a brief biography of her, signed "Nanshe Gongtingjue" with two seals, ink and color on paper, 41 3/4 x 111/4 in.
Provenance: Descended in the family of Dr. Marshall Hertig, an internationally noted medical entomologist who conducted research on disease bearing insects at the Peking Union Medical College, from 1923-1928, his wife Edwina Smiley Hertig, and their son Bruce Allerton Hertig to the present owner.
Estimate $300-500
remounted on paper, now also severely toned with multiple tears and creases, spotty foxing on reverse, traces of old retouches to painting.
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Keywords
Bruce Allerton Hertig, Edwina Smiley Hertig, Chen, Marshall Hertig, ChinaSuhyung Kim
Director, Asian Works of Art
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Helen Eagles
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