Lot 225 , Nine 19th century Chinese gouache on pith paper, 26.5 x 17cm

Nine 19th century Chinese gouache on pith paper, depicting seated nobles and sages with attendants, 26.5 x 17cm
Estimate £600-900

- Woman with girl holding yellow basket, two horizontal splits and discolouration to the ground paper
- Man with green robed boy at this feet with tear through the paper near the sitters head
- Bearded man with boy in green at his feet, damp spotting to the paper, a division or split running up the left margin
- Woman with attendant in green with minor spotting
- Woman with attendant holding red tray with tear and loss to top left corner of paper
- Bearded man with pipe - some spotting
- Man playing instrument - some spotting, small tear top centre
- Woman with red vase beyond - small tear top left and one to the left of the table
- Man with attendant in brown - insect dirt, small loss bottom left corner.


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Sold for £800