MID-18TH CENTURY
Details
A SET OF FOUR CHINESE WATERCOLORS ON PAPER
mid-18th century
After Guiseppe Castiglione (1688-1766) from the Mottahedah Album of Foreigners and Minority Peoples of China, each depicting a foreigner and mounted with Chinese inscription to one corner, within later giltwood frames
19½in. (49cm.) high, 16¼in. (41cm.) wide overall (4)
mid-18th century
After Guiseppe Castiglione (1688-1766) from the Mottahedah Album of Foreigners and Minority Peoples of China, each depicting a foreigner and mounted with Chinese inscription to one corner, within later giltwood frames
19½in. (49cm.) high, 16¼in. (41cm.) wide overall (4)
Provenance
Mrs. Rafi Y. Mottahedeh, sold Sotheby's New York, 7-8 April 1988, lot 67 (the complete set)
Literature
D. Howard and J. Ayers, China for the West, 1978, vol. I, pp. 23-31