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A Chinese export painting in oil on canvas
depicting an interior scene with gentlemen at leisure seated at a table eating and drinking, another group seated smoking and in conversation, a recumbent dog at their feet, a lady to one side playing with two children, the room decorated with large hanging lanterns and scroll paintings, overlooking a walled, tree-strewn garden -- 29in. x 40½in. (73.7cms x 103cms), 19th century, gilt wood frame, (surface cracking, slight retouching).
See Colour Plate 14 and Front Cover for Detail.
depicting an interior scene with gentlemen at leisure seated at a table eating and drinking, another group seated smoking and in conversation, a recumbent dog at their feet, a lady to one side playing with two children, the room decorated with large hanging lanterns and scroll paintings, overlooking a walled, tree-strewn garden -- 29in. x 40½in. (73.7cms x 103cms), 19th century, gilt wood frame, (surface cracking, slight retouching).
See Colour Plate 14 and Front Cover for Detail.