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Asian Arts | January 12, 2023

Thu, Jan 12, 2023 09:00AM EST
Lot 36

Pair of Chinese Pith Portrait Paintings

Estimate: $300 - $500

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$3,000 $250
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

Qing dynasty, man and woman in ornate robes and headwear, gouache on pith paper, each sight 8-3/8 x 5-1/2 in.; gilt wood frames, 16-7/8 x 13-1/4 in.

Provenance: Teresa Coleman Fine Arts, Hong Kong (with a copy of receipt dated November 6, 1994); Property of a lawyer who worked and resided in China

Condition

some minor warping to paper, horizontal crease through man, not examined out of frames; frames with light wear and abrasions

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