Lot 209 , A folio sized album of 64 Chinese Canton school full page gouache paintings on rice paper, mid 19th century, Album 55 cm x 38.5 cm

° A folio sized album of 64 Chinese Canton school full page gouache paintings on rice paper, mid 19th century,
depicting flowers, birds, artisans and itinerants (creasing to some plates), in a fine gilt green morocco binding.
Album 55 cm x 38.5 cm
£2,500-3,500

Condition:
Please note one image of a bird on a tree branch has been torn and has a taped repair to the page. All of the rice paper paintings are stock down on the edge into the album, the majority with creasing to the paper and some minor staining or discolouration. The tissue guards for the internal pages have foxing and spotting to them but this has largely unaffected the paintings. There is a binders label for George Mullen, Dublin. The green Morocco leather binding has scuffing and wear to the spine and the ends of the spine, to the edges and has dog-eared corners. The boards are slightly bowed.

Sold for £6,500