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Portrait of a Mandarin, seated small half length, his fur-lined outer coat with embroidered rank badge (Mandarin Duck)
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Lamqua (fl.1820-1860)
Portrait of a Mandarin, seated small half length, his fur-lined outer coat with embroidered rank badge (Mandarin Duck)
oil on canvas
11 3/8 x 9 ½in. (28.8 x 24.1cm.)
Portrait of a Mandarin, seated small half length, his fur-lined outer coat with embroidered rank badge (Mandarin Duck)
oil on canvas
11 3/8 x 9 ½in. (28.8 x 24.1cm.)
Provenance
The family of Andrew Johnstone, partner in Jardine Matheson in 1835-36, and thence by descent; Sotheby’s, London, 21 May 1997, lot 51.
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