A Qing Dynasty Chinese ancestral portrait depicting a mandarin of 4th rank on paper; size: 106 cm x 60 cm for the painted area; 150 cm x 68 cm including the margin.
A Qing Dynasty Chinese ancestral portrait depicting a mandarin's wife of 6th rank on paper; size: 140 cm x 70 cm for the painted area; 167 cm x 76 cm including the margin. The details of her robe are stunning to say the least....Family members commissioned most ancestor portraits. They were painted in workshops as the result of collaboration among several artists, few of whom ever signed their names. Workshop organization was highly specialized, and tasks were divided according to skill. The ...click for details
A Qing Dynasty Chinese ancestral portrait depicting a mandarin of 4th rank on paper; size: 133 cm x 70 cm for the painted area; 167 cm x 76 cm including the margin. By the late Qing and into the early Republican period, the traditions of these ancestral scrolls usually brought out on special family occasions and displayed either in the main or the ancestral hall of the mansion were becoming less about portraiture and more just a reminder. In many cases the bodies and backgrounds were pre-painted ...click for details
