Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art

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Lot 1213
  • 1213

A NOBLEMAN HOLDING A BLOSSOM

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  • A NOBLEMAN HOLDING A BLOSSOM
  • Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
  • image: 8 5/8 by 5 1/4 in., 22 by 13.3 cm
  • folio: 9 5/8 by 6 in., 24.5 by 15.2 cm
A striking profile portrait of a mustachioed courtier resplendent in a richly ornamented golden turban, robe and scarf worn over a lavender muslin jama clutching the hilt of his long sword with one bejeweled hand and holding aloft a blossom in the other.