Lot 32
  • 32

A pair of Chinese wallpaper panels, Qing dynasty, 18th century

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • paper
  • 104cm. by 48.7cm., 3ft. 4¼in. by 1ft.5¾in.
ink and colour on paper, each variously depicting ladies and children in a garden landscape with pavilions and trees, framed

(2)

Condition

Both with considerable extensive areas of tears and losses, predominantly to the top and the mid to lower parts of the panels. The panels with severe water damage to majority of the surface.
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