ANONYMOUS (QING DYNASTY)

ANONYMOUS (QING DYNASTY)
THREE CHINESE ANCESTOR PORTRAITS

117cm x 58cm max. (3)

From the collection of Jean Brediam (d.1949).

Comprising: two Chinese scroll paintings, one ink and colour on paper; the other on silk, each depicting seated Manchurian ladies dressed in elaborate robes; and a third Chinese scroll painting in ink and colour on silk, depicting a male official.

From the collection of Jean Brediam (d.1949), who was the Director General of the Municipal Services of the French Concession in Shanghai until 1940. In 1946, he returned to China and was appointed the Head of the Shanghai office of the French Economic Mission.