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A LARGE INK AND COLOUR PAINTING ON PARCHMENT WITH A LANDSCAPE AND FIGURES AND INSCRIPTIONS, CHINA, 19TH CENTURY
Provenance: from the private collection of a noble Italian Consul in China between 1907 and 1931
124 cm high, 250
124 cm high, 250
ESTIMATE € 2.000 - 3.000
The large painting in ink and soft color is decorated with an extensive continuous river landscape scene with on the right bank a little village and numerous personages amongst weeping willows and pine trees, near the centre of the painting a boat with figures crossing the river, in the distance mountains. On the top left inside of the picture a Chinese inscription and two red seal. The painting with some wear and moisture stains on the surface throughout, and with some minor split and minor losses.
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