Ink and color on pith paper and silk, later mounted in a paper passepartouts. China, 19th century

Group of 3 album paintings. 2 fine paintings on pith paper: A horizontal depiction of 7 splendidly dressed court ladies in a luxurious interior featuring flowers and Chinese antiquities, set on colorful floor with geometrical pattern. An upright vertical depiction of a single court lady with fan. The painting set in a slender red silk frame. Both pith paper paintings later mounted in a paper folder passepartout. Another painting on silk, depicting 2 court ladies at the window of a pavilion, inscribed in Chinese on the upper left side with sealscript characters, signed with one red artist seal ‘Zhang Qianhua’

Shape: Rectangular shape
Dimensions: Silk painting: 18,5 x 21 cm (painting size), 24 x 29,5 (mounting) – Pith paper painting with 7 court ladies: 16,5 x 31 cm (painting size), 24,5 x 36,5 cm (pith paper size), 44 x 31,5 (folder size) – Pith paper painting with single court lady: 21 x 29,5 cm (pith paper size), 44 x 31,5 (folder)
Condition: Overall good agerelated condition, minor wear and some traces of insects, some minimal cracks
Provenance: Austrian Private Collection

三幅十九世紀水墨設色人
物冊頁
品相整體良好，與年代相
符，一些污漬和蟲咬痕跡，
輕微裂縫
奧地利私人收藏