“TWO CHARACTERS ON A TERRACE”

 (Hair Styling Scene)

ANONYMOUS CHINESE ARTIST

Era:     c.1850

Technique:       WATERCOLOUR 

DESCRIPTION:

A scene on a terrace of an aristocratic house 

depicting a person styling hair while the character 

on the right is carrying water away.

(Hair styling or Barbering scene)

Original 19th century Chinese watercolour on paper. 

Contemporary textile frame.

PROVENANCE:

Parisian apartment interior decoration sale.

Metayer auction, Paris, July 2019.

GENUINE ANTIQUE GUARANTEED OVER 150 YEARS OLD

Size: 325mm (H) 545mm (L)

CONDITION:

In good condition. 

Paper slightly creased, 

2 little hole (few mm) in lower part in the middle, 

a light stain in the sky on the right.