Six Pairs of Small Export Pith Portrait Paintings

Description:

Six Pairs of Small Export Pith Portrait Paintings, China, 19th century, holding twelve portraits of six couples, matted in a grid of two columns and six rows, gouache on pith, framed and glazed, overall 34 x 11 1/4, each painting 4 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.

Provenance: Property of the photographer Orrin Freeman, who owned a dry goods and Shanghai imports store in Yokohama, by descent to present owner.
Estimate $500-700

not examined out of frame, some with surface stain, several with tears, some with holes.


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