A BURMESE ROYAL FAMILY PORTRAIT. Burma, early 20th Century. Depicting the king and his three wives, one of them holding a small baby in her arms, all seated in a garden, wearing fine courtly robes, with palace buildings in the background, gouache on canvas, framed, 53 x 57cm. 緬甸二十世紀早期 皇室成員繪畫 This style of portraiture was developed by the painters of Myanmar court after king Thibaw Min was exiled to India in 1885 and are a signature of time evoking the nostalgia of the past life.