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Lot 156
A Pair of Chinese Ancestor Portraits
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
19th century, ink and colors on paper, with brocade mount, framed, not examined outside of the frame.

Framed dimensions 46 3/4 x 25 in., Sight size 39 x 22 1/4 in.

Some toning to paper and silk brocade; some minor vertical losses to pigment on the male portrait and light horizontal creasing mainly on mid to upper left hand side; female portrait lighter toned halo surrounds figure; her face appears to have restoration to paler complexion and realistic detail, golden tones bleed through.

$1,000 - 1,500