A PAIR OF ANCESTOR PORTRAITS DEPICTING MING XIAOZONG (1488-1505) AND HIS EMPRESS

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ANONYMOUS (18th century)
A Pair of Ancestor Portraits Depicting Ming Xiaozong (1488-1505) and His Empress
Each depicting the imperial personages seated in a horseshoeback armchair on a patterned rug, wearing formal robes
Each 68 x 38½in. (172.7 x 97.7cm.), framed (2)

Provenance

The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York.

Special notice

This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.

Lot Essay

An old title inscription on the mounting states that these portraits were part of a famous Beijing collection, the Wen Fang Gang, in 1778, and that the subjects are the Ming emperor Xiaozong and his empress.

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