A portrait of a courtesan
late Qing dynasty

oil on canvas, the young lady seated wearing a pale blue embroidered robe, with one hand clasped supporting her chin, the other holding a book on a table by her side, adorned with jewellery on her wrists, fingers, ears and hair, the face with porcelain like complexion and eyes with direct gaze and slight smile, her long hair parted in the centre and looped to either side, held by flowered hairpins, framed
59 cm high, 44.5 cm wide

• Lot Sold $8,000 (Hammer Price)
• $9,760 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Roland Jones Collection
David Jones Collection
Private Collection, Melbourne

Show Catalogue Notes

Condition Report

The medium is oil on canvas. The painting has been viewed out of the frame.There are stretcher bar lines visible to the front of the image.The surface is stable with some contraction of paint to the face and hands .No apparent retouching under UV light.

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