A WALL FRESCO FRAGMENT OF TWO LADIES Ming Dynasty Depicting two ladies gazing to the right descending a path, with billowing scarves and sleeves, all within a walled garden, framed and glazed. 84.5cm (33 1/4in) high x 67cm wide (26 3/8in) wide. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 明 彩繪天女壁畫 The style of the present fresco is inspired by late Tang dynasty temple painting style. This is evident in the treatment of the roundness of the 'melon-seed'-shaped faces and the swirling scarves, giving a dynamism to the work, which was popular amongst builders and decorators of Buddhist temples of the time and continued throughout the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties. See a related fresco panel with female deities, Ming dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams London, 5 November 2020, lot 82. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com