A suite of seventeen rolls of 19th century Chinese wallpaper
£800
Auction: 17 February 2007 at 11:00 GMT
Description
hand-painted in watercolour with calligraphic inscriptions, comprising: two complete sections (in eleven and six rolls respectively) depicting panoramic views of a mountainous landscape interspersed with scenes from Chinese life, coloured in grey, green olive, pale blue and fuchsia, probably originally linked by further 'bridging' sections to form a larger whole
Dimensions
Each roll approximately 324cm x 105cm (17)