Lot 673 , U Ngwe Gaing (Burmese 1901-1967) Portrait of a Burmese woman wearing an elaborate necklace 15.5 x 12.25in.

U Ngwe Gaing (Burmese 1901-1967)
watercolour
Portrait of a Burmese woman wearing an elaborate necklace
signed
15.5 x 12.25in.
Estimate £800-1,200

Watercolour on white paper showing pronounced undulation and small markings throughout indicating that it has at one point been affected by damp no doubt the cause of the undulation, colours are fairly strong but do look to have been effected by the damp particularly through the sky, otherwise small scattered dirt and fox specks are present, signed lower right, housed in a plain card mount and parcel gilt cream frame, no labels or inscriptions verso.


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Sold for £1,700