Description
comprising: a set of four after paintings by Jiang Tingxi (1669-1732); another set of four after paintings by Zheng Xie (1693–1765); one after a painting by Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908); a portrait of the Southern Song dynasty poet Jiang Kui (1155-1209), with seal of Yang Jun (1830-1890); a portrait of Hanshan and Shide after a painting by Luo Pin (1733-1799); two rubbings of stone relief; a portrait of Bodhidharma; a profile portrait of Guanyin (15)
Dimensions
largest 106x62cm
Footnote
Provenance:
From the collection of the late James Kedzie Penfield (1908-2004), who joined the American Diplomatic Corps to China in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1954, Penfield became The United States' High Commissioner for Austria with the mission to re-establish an independent, neutral and democratic Austria. In 1961, he was appointed American Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Iceland; thence by direct family descent.