LOT DETAILS

Materials:

polychrome fresco

Measurements:

39.21 in. (99.60 cm.) (height) by 30.98 in. (78.70 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Exhibited:

By repute, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

Literature:

Cohn, William. Chinese Paintings . Phaidon Press Ltd, London, 1948, fig. 127. A. Martin, “American Mandarin,” Connoisseur , November 1984, p. 99. A. Juliano, “Robert H. Ellsworth Treasures the East,” Architectural Digest , October 1985, p. 108. A. Christy, “Not for Sale: A Few of Robert Ellsworth’s Favourite Possessions,” Orientations , vol. 22, no. 6, June 1991, p. 58

Provenance:

By repute, Sidney Cooper Collection. The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1984