![EROTICA -- A Chinese album of 12 erotic scenes. [China: 19th century]. Small 4° (248 x 212mm). 12 single-page paintings, rendered in colour on silk, mainly of couples in amorous pursuits, but with other scenes including perhaps one of a matchmaker. (Light soiling and minor stains.) Contemporary concertina-style binding of decorative silk over boards, gilt speckled decorative endpapers (heavily rubbed, upper cover detached).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_08952_0098_000(erotica_--_a_chinese_album_of_12_erotic_scenes_china_19th_century_smal073442).jpg?w=1)
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EROTICA -- A Chinese album of 12 erotic scenes. [China: 19th century]. Small 4° (248 x 212mm). 12 single-page paintings, rendered in colour on silk, mainly of couples in amorous pursuits, but with other scenes including perhaps one of a matchmaker. (Light soiling and minor stains.) Contemporary concertina-style binding of decorative silk over boards, gilt speckled decorative endpapers (heavily rubbed, upper cover detached).
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EROTICA -- A Chinese album of 12 erotic scenes. [China: 19th century]. Small 4° (248 x 212mm). 12 single-page paintings, rendered in colour on silk, mainly of couples in amorous pursuits, but with other scenes including perhaps one of a matchmaker. (Light soiling and minor stains.) Contemporary concertina-style binding of decorative silk over boards, gilt speckled decorative endpapers (heavily rubbed, upper cover detached).
DETAILED SCENES WITH FINE RENDERING OF CLOTHES, INTERIOR AND OUTDOOR SCENES. A fine example of 19th-century Chinese painting on silk, with the pink rouges highlighted and the use of vibrant colour. The seal of Zou Guanggui appears on two of the paintings.
DETAILED SCENES WITH FINE RENDERING OF CLOTHES, INTERIOR AND OUTDOOR SCENES. A fine example of 19th-century Chinese painting on silk, with the pink rouges highlighted and the use of vibrant colour. The seal of Zou Guanggui appears on two of the paintings.