Chinese Export ‘pith painting’, 2 ladies domestic scene, c.1840

$645.00 AUD

Chinese export pith painting, well painted with a domestic scene depicting a lady of rank and a probably her child , she seated a chair wearing elaborately embroidered clothes including rose decorated underskirt, her hair with jade hairpin and matching earrings, the smaller figure standing withe the same hair treatment and underskirt, a tripod table between them with  a vase of flowers, set on an elaborate yellow carpet with blue grid pattern, framed in a gilt simulated bamboo frame.
Circa 1830-50

Work:19x14cm
Frame:16.5x20cm

Condition: Fair, some signs of age ie. tears to background, slight staining. Recently conservation framed.

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