Chinese Ancestor Portraits Large 46"x30" Qing Dynasty Officials Matched Pair

Description: Chinese ancestral paintings executed in ink and colour on rice paper depicting a Mandarin and his wife in winter costume. Each figure is seated on a draped armchair over a green floral rug and is dressed in formal attire. The portraits are painted on scroll paper and mounted in gorgeous simple gold frames. Juxtaposed, the portraits depict an aged but richly dressed couple seated in the foreground against a nondescript beige background. Pair of late Qing dynasty Chinese ancestors depicting a civil official and his wife. A Mandarin rank badge showing the husband’s rank in the civil bureaucracy is on the front of his blue coat. The bird appears to be a paradise flycatcher, indicating an official of the 9th rank. The male official wears a black and red hat, a long necklace of semi-precious stones around his neck, and Manchu boots. A blue dressing gown with an orange dragon with gilt embroidery is visible beneath the surcoat. The wife is adorned with jewellery and wears an elaborate phoenix headdress. A green, brown, white and black pleated skirt is visible below her red dressing gown. It is designed with long colour stripes contrasting with a brown background. In characteristic style, her hands and feet are hidden. The portraits have not been examined out of the frames but appear to be visibly in very good overall condition with no major damage evident one small indent on bottom frame of male Purchased in 1986 and sat in the same home til now In great condition some minor marks on frames PERIOD: 20th Century CONDITION: Very Good MEASUREMENTS: Height: 46" Width: 30.5" Depth: 1.25" COUNT: Set of 2 MATERIAL: Watercolour insured shipping plus packaging handled by ups

Price: 1600 USD

Location: Katy, Texas

End Time: 2024-01-21T16:48:19.000Z

Shipping Cost: 99 USD