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Description: | An old man with long white beard is seated on a bearskin, in a carved wooden chair. He wears a blue robe decorated with lions and a phoenix, which is lined or trimmed with fur. His hands are covered by the long sleeves. His hat is decorated with a peacock feather and he wears a long string of red beads. To his lower left is a servant, smaller in size to show his inferiority and wearing a similar robe. He holds up a book in his hands. Behind them is a screen, terminating the picture at right, which has four painted panels showing mountainous landscapes. There are some shadows but the background is left untouched.
On pith paper trimmed with blue silk ribbon. Export watercolour for Western market.
Accession number: NCM 1888-80 | Subjects: | costume (men's) furnishings figures furniture | Temporal: | 1800-1900 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | made in Guangzhou Province | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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