CHINESE SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY); JAPANESE SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) Erotic Scenes

CHINESE SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY); JAPANESE SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)
Erotic Scenes
The Chinese album: ink, colour and gilt on paper, concertina bound album comprising twelve paintings mounted recto, verso left blank; the Japanese album: ink and colour on silk, concertina bound album comprising six paintings across recto and verso.
The Chinese album leaves: 23cm (9in) high x 15.5cm (6 1/8in) wide; The Japanese album leaves: 24cm (9 1/2in) high x 33cm (13in) wide (2).
十九世紀 中國及日本畫派 春宮圖

The homoerotic content of the Chinese album is extremely rare with only one other example of such subject matter recorded in the literature.