Lot 392 , Late 18th century Chinese School, watercolour and gouache, set of four paintings

Late 18th century Chinese School, watercolour and gouache, set of four paintings depicting the tea trade, approx. 28 x 40.5cm
Estimate £800-1,200

The first painting of figures by a lake has scuffs and creasing to the paper and a small hole in the sky just upper right of centre, the second painting of a European with a Mandarin figure in an interior, has some slight scuffing to the surface otherwise good, the third image of figures in a courtyard with two ladies seated at a table to the right again has some scuffing and creasing with particular wear to the gouache along the creases, a little grubby in the sky also and the fourth image of figures in a courtyard with ladies standing in the centre has some slight scuffing and four small tears at the very bottom of the image and some brown discolouration to the sky.


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Sold for £1,800