拍品 63
63
A FINE ANCESTOR PORTRAIT OF A FEMALE DIGNITARY
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… 顯示更多 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 63 - 72) The tiny kingfisher bird was prized for its iridescent blue feathers, which were used to create headdresses and hair ornaments particularly popular amongst women of the court and for use in the theatre and opera during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The following lots (63 - 72) were collected over the past fifteen years and illustrate the skill of the Chinese craftsmen.
A FINE ANCESTOR PORTRAIT OF A FEMALE DIGNITARY

18TH CENTURY

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A FINE ANCESTOR PORTRAIT OF A FEMALE DIGNITARY
18TH CENTURY
Painted in ink and colour on silk, depicting a seated lady wearing a kingfisher feather headdress
22 x 38¼ in. (56 x 97 cm.), framed and glazed
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