Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Export Watercolor on Paper Chinese Junk
item#: 1470109
price: $450.00
Chinese Qing dynasty (19th century) export watercolor on paper painting titled “Chinese Junk.” A lone figure stands at the front of the junk tending to the sails. The heads of the rowers are barely visible. Originally purchased from or framed at Berry-Hill Galleries on 5th Avenue in New York. Recently reframed with archival materials and UV glass in a substantial gold leaf frame with silk mat and gold filet. Sight size: 16 1/4" x nearly 22” (frame: 23 1/2" x 29”). Soiling and foxing spots from age. From the Phoenix, Arizona estate of a former American expatriate to China from 1983-1987.