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Lot 177W
An ancestor portrait Daoguang, dated by inscription to AD 1841 and of the period
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,760 inc. premium
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Daoguang, dated by inscription to AD 1841 and of the period
Well painted in vibrant colours with seated mandarin and wife, each bearing a bird badge, possibly crane, and adorned with a court rosary over the blue-ground and red and gilt-dragon-ground robes respectively, the elderly official wearing a sable-fur-lined hat with a gilt hat button, the lady wearing an elaborate hairdress adorned with auspicious emblems and characters and suspending pearl strings, all below a twenty-two-line inscription and two red seals, mounted, framed and glazed.
Framed, overall 182cm x 109cm (71⅝in x 42⅞in).
Well painted in vibrant colours with seated mandarin and wife, each bearing a bird badge, possibly crane, and adorned with a court rosary over the blue-ground and red and gilt-dragon-ground robes respectively, the elderly official wearing a sable-fur-lined hat with a gilt hat button, the lady wearing an elaborate hairdress adorned with auspicious emblems and characters and suspending pearl strings, all below a twenty-two-line inscription and two red seals, mounted, framed and glazed.
Framed, overall 182cm x 109cm (71⅝in x 42⅞in).














