Null Portrait of ancestors
Painting on silk and rice paper 18 figures
China 19th…

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Portrait of ancestors Painting on silk and rice paper 18 figures China 19th century Framed 110xH197cm

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Portrait of ancestors Painting on silk and rice paper 18 figures China 19th century Framed 110xH197cm

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MADAGASCAR - BANKNOTE : 10,000 FRANCS / 2,000 ARIARY 1988 (vertical numbering) - Portrait of a little girl, ears of wheat below - Reverse: rice harvest - SPL

Estim. 150 - 250 EUR

First edition of this poem on the cultivation of rice, appreciated by both Leopardi and Pindemonte. The work's typographical elegance is further enriched by vignettes and initials by Domenico Cunego after drawings by Francesco Lorenzi, a pupil of Tiepolo and Piazzetta. The work deals extensively with the quality of the soil, the sowing of rice, irrigation methods, and the various stages of processing the grain, from harvesting to marketing. ''It cost the poet twenty years of study.'' Gamba 2452; Brunet V, 498. 4to, (300 x 216mm). Allegorical frontispiece, portrait of the dedicatee Elisabetta Farnese, numerous engraved vignettes and initials. An uncut, wide-margined copy, printed on strong paper (some wear). Contemporary rustic paper binding. (1)

Ink drawing on rice paper after North American Indian motifs, signed lower right, Frame size 44 x 31cm, illegible signed Internal no. A0180300002

Estim. 400 - 800 EUR

Chinese ancestor or genealogy portrait of a female member of the Zhu family, likely late Ming Dynasty. She is portrayed wearing a surcoat with a crane rank-badge as well as a ruby and emerald bejeweled headpiece. Ink and gold on silk. This type of portrait is known as a pu xiang, or a genealogy portrait. The sitter is rendered in the appropriate costume of their rank. The clothing as well as the sumptuous brocade chair indicates a person of both high-rank and wealth. Provenance: Neal Auction, New Orleans, September 12, 2009, Lot 101; Private Minnesota Collection. Sight; height: 24 1/2 in x width: 17 in. Framed; height: 33 1/2 in x width: 26 in x depth: 1 in.

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