Lot 112

SET OF TEN PITH PAINTINGS
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY












Auction: 17 May 2024 from 10:00 BST
£580
Description
清 廣東外銷人物、花卉、帆船圖 通草畫 鏡心
comprising: two depicting court figures, two with exotic flowers, and six painted with junks, all finely mounted on boards (10)
Dimensions
largest: 33cm x 22.5cm; with mounts: 35.7cm x 45.8cm
Provenance
Private Scottish Collection, Fife; Inherited from current owner's great aunt.
Inscribed in the interior of boards ‘cleaned, mounted & matted F.W. Dalloff October 1974’. Likely refers to Francis W. Dolloff (1908-2006), a restorer of prints and drawings at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.











