Anonymous (Qing dynasty)
Two paintings of Birds of Prey
Each ink and color on silk, both glued to back board, one mounted, framed and glazed, one mounted and framed, each painted in missionary court artist style and depicting a white-feathered bird-of-prey perched on a carved-wood stand draped with brocade, each inscribed, dated dinghai year and signed, and each bearing two spurious imperial seals and two other seals (fading, stains, abrasions).
29 x 29in (73.7 x 73.7cm) each, sight