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Picture of a beauty
Catalogue:
Fine Art:
Paintings:
Pre 1940 item# 68787 (stock# P2005)
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1930 Shanghai and More
Tel: 1.510.748.9989
$20
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An artist who was also a monk did this original painting on a special type of unbleached paper, often used in Chinese watercolor. The painting was signed with his title – “Qing-Ju-Shi”, which meant that he was a kind of monk who was allowed to live outside of the temple and have a family. The name of the painting is “Picture of a beauty”, portraying a semi nude woman sitting on lotus flowers. Paintings such as this were banned after the communist takeover in 1949. The resurfacing of these pai ...click for details
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