A Set of eight Chinese gouache paintings on paper

A Set of eight Chinese gouache paintings on paper, circa 1760, after the originals from the Huang Qing Zhigong Tu commission, each with an attached manuscript paper label in Chinese script describing the subjects: Miao Man I and Miao Woman I, Tai Ping Man and Tai Ping Woman, Yao Tribe Woman and Yao Tribe Man, Tong Tribe Woman and Tong Tribe Man, with the label on the reverse of the Berry-Hill Gallery Inc., New York, image size approximately 30.5cm x 24cm to mount (8)

Provenance:

Christies, New York, 20th January 1995, lot 261

Originally from the Collection of Mrs. Rafi Y. Mottahedeh, sold Sotheby's, New York, April 7th & 8th, 1988, lot 67, as part of a two volume collection containing 102 portraits, each album signed chen Lang Shining gong hui.

Literature:

David Howard and John Ayers, China for the West, London, 1978, chapters 1 and 2, pp. 13-42

These paintings were originally part of a group of 102 similar portraits depicting foreigners and minority people of China. They clearly illustrate the growing Western interest in China, and more generally with things non Chinese in the mid 18th Century. The laid down labels on each plate give a description of each portrait.

清中期 《皇清職貢圖》水彩畫一套八幅

拍品來源：紐約佳士得，1995年1月20日，拍品編號261，此前為Rafi Y. Mottahedeh女士珍藏，1988年4月7日售于紐約蘇富比，拍品編號67號。

Condition Report:
The colours in bright fresh condition

minor warping to paper and minor Condition Report Disclaimer