Lot 141
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TWO PITH PAPER PAINTINGS DEPICTING PUNISHMENT AND TORTURE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 557
Auction: 15 May 2019 at 17:00 BST
Estimate: £100 - £150
Description
the first depicting a criminal chained and paraded, followed by his wife and children, in a gilt European wooden frame decorated in Chinoserie style; the second depicting a criminal tied to a wooden cross, in a wooden frame carved with fruiting grape and gourd vines (2)
Dimensions
largest 25cm x 15cm (sight)
Footnote
Provenance:
From a deceased French estate; collected in the 1980s.