A PAIR OF SPRING AND SUMMER CHINESE EXPORT PAINTINGS Anonymous, 19th century (2)
A PAIR OF SPRING AND SUMMER CHINESE EXPORT PAINTINGS
Anonymous, 19th century
Oil on canvas, faux bamboo frames, one depicting a spring scene with two embracing couples seated at a table and eating a warming meal whilst served tea by a lady seated opposite them, all before an open window with key-pattern frame looking out to budding trees; the other painting depicting a summer scene with four ladies seated at a table in a lakeside pavilion terrace engaged in a game of mahjong, whilst a servant with a baby strapped to her back stands nearby.
19 1/2 x 24 3/4in (49.5 x 62.8cm), each (2).
Footnotes:
十九世紀 外銷人物春夏家居圖一對 布面油畫 木框
For another oil on canvas with a figural interior of similar type, see Christie's London, 5 Nov 2020, lot 83.
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A PAIR OF SPRING AND SUMMER CHINESE EXPORT PAINTINGS
Anonymous, 19th century
Oil on canvas, faux bamboo frames, one depicting a spring scene with two embracing couples seated at a table and eating a warming meal whilst served tea by a lady seated opposite them, all before an open window with key-pattern frame looking out to budding trees; the other painting depicting a summer scene with four ladies seated at a table in a lakeside pavilion terrace engaged in a game of mahjong, whilst a servant with a baby strapped to her back stands nearby.
19 1/2 x 24 3/4in (49.5 x 62.8cm), each (2).
Footnotes:
十九世紀 外銷人物春夏家居圖一對 布面油畫 木框
For another oil on canvas with a figural interior of similar type, see Christie's London, 5 Nov 2020, lot 83.
