Large Ancestral Portrait Painting

Description:

Large Ancestral Portrait Painting, China, depicting an official and two women, all seated on chairs, dressed in official robes with embroidered rank badges, composed in a two-tier structure with the man on top, against a multi-panel screen with ink landscapes and calligraphy, ink and color on paper, framed (metal) and glazed (Plexiglas),painting 46 1/2 x 87 1/4 in.
Estimate $400-600

age deterioration, loss of pigment, creases on paper, minor damage to metal frame.


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