[China]. [CHINESE SILK PAINTINGS—19th CENTURY]. - Lot 239

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[China]. [CHINESE SILK PAINTINGS—19th CENTURY]. - Lot 239
[China]. [CHINESE SILK PAINTINGS—19th CENTURY]. [The Stages of Life]. (ca. 19th–20th centuries). Two female figures in ornate traditional Chinese attire, finely painted on small strips of white silk, using pigments and ink (approx. 19 x 18 cm). Depicts what appears to be the same woman at two different stages of life: very young and elderly, seated in a wooden wheelchair. Decorative and symbolic figures, created with ink and colored pigments on strips of fine silk (often mounted as scrolls or in frames), or sometimes rendered as embroidery on furniture or altar frontals (such as depictions of the four ages of life) Confucian cultural tradition. Included: LOT OF JAPANESE AND CHINESE BOOKS. GONKA. JAPONISM. LOT of Japanese or Chinese books, sewn or paperback, printed on rice paper, and, in some cases, featuring numerous woodblock prints (gonka), accompanied by a photo album and an Anglo-Japanese work on ikebana and the art of flower arranging. Varying conditions, various formats, 19th–20th centuries. Includes a damaged photo album (black lacquer covers with a partially damaged bone dragon) in a leporello format containing 22 laminated, hand-colored silver prints (some foxing).
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