$5,750
DAOGUANG PERIOD (1821-1850) finely painted on one depicting a Qing Dynasty official seated wearing informal robe and a scholar's hat, his left hand raised and bearing a jade toggle, the face with a calm expression, dated ("The twelfth month on lunar calendar in year of Daoguang reign," corresponding to year 1846), followed by two red seals; the other depicting the wife seated in an armchair, wearing lady's informal robes and elaborate jadeite jewelry, holding a cat on her lap, her hair in a chignon secured by flowers and hair ornaments; each set within a hardwood frame surmounted by a gilt bronze handle cast with bat and two oil on canvas, later board, each framed signed and sealed (lower left) on one portrait 31 x 25 1/2 inches.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2016-03-22
