TWENTY-NINE EROTIC PAINTINGS QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

assembled from at least six different sets; one set of four painted in sepia tones portraying various trade and crafts people coupling; one set of six depicting young couples engaged in erotic acts in outdoor settings; the third set with ten portraying groups and couples in various domestic and garden settings pursuing the pleasures of the 'Spring Palace';  the fourth set with two paintings, one portraying a man getting caught by his wife while with another woman, and one of two young ladies spying on a man; the fifth set of four depicting homosexual acts; and the last set of three portraying elders spying on youngsters; sixteen in ink and color on silk, thirteen in ink and color on paper, all framed and glazed

Sotheby's New York, 31st March and 1st April 2005, lot 309.