A Pair of Large Chinese Ancestor Portraits Hanging Scrolls

Ink and colors on paper, vibrant color, hanging scroll format, a female and male ancestor, each portrait appears to be an older painting that has been cut and remounted, with ivory brocade mount and wooden rollers.

Rolled 45 x 2 1/2 in. diameter, Open 88 x 45, Painting only 54 x 36 1/4 in.

Private Collection of a Lady, Richmond, Virginia

Some scattered losses to pigments with repair and repainting; tear to lower right of male portrait; some scattered light stains and soil to both; grayish-blue foxing to paper and mount on both.

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