A rare Chinese tiehua or iron picture early 18th century

A rare Chinese tiehua or iron picture early 18th century, depicting a boy playing a flute, riding on the back of a buffalo beneath pine trees, with a hardwood frame, 57.5cm x 106cm.

Provenance: a private American collection, purchased from the descendants of John Reilly Jr., who acquired them in China c.1925-30.

Exhibited: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 1941, 'Chinese Pictures in Iron - XVIII and XIX Centuries'.

Cf. For reference refer to lot 202.

十八世紀初  鐵花牧童短笛掛屏

來源:1920-30年代由約翰·瑞利購自中國，之後由美國私人收藏

展覽：1941年十月於美國大都會博物館展出