Lot Essay
There is an album of portraits of 86 emperors of China, probably by the same hand, in the British Library (Or. 2231).
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Portraits of thirty-four bust length Chinese Emperors from Fu Hsi (2852BC) to Ch-ien Lung (1736-1795)
Details
Chinese School, 18th Century
Portraits of thirty-four bust length Chinese Emperors from Fu Hsi (2852BC) to Ch-ien Lung (1736-1795)
each inscribed and captioned on accompanying sheets
watercolour and bodycolour on paper
10 5/8 x 8 5/8in. (27 x 22cm.)
(34)
Portraits of thirty-four bust length Chinese Emperors from Fu Hsi (2852BC) to Ch-ien Lung (1736-1795)
each inscribed and captioned on accompanying sheets
watercolour and bodycolour on paper
10 5/8 x 8 5/8in. (27 x 22cm.)
(34)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 20 August 2000, lot 976.
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