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• Auction House:
  Leonard Joel
• Sale Name:
  Classic Furniture Auction
• Sale Date:
  30 May 2015 ~ 11am
• Lot #:
  140
• Lot Description:
  A Large Chinese Ancestor Group Portrait, Late 19th Century/ Early 20th Century
  Chinese ink and colour on paper 143 x 91cm depicting a main patriarchal figure, possibly the father’s elder brother, seated proudly at the head of the family group. He wears his fur-lined winter robe complete with the family insignia badge a symbol of the elite rank of a civil official and an indicator of literary elegance, atop his head is his official cap and finial. At either side there are two framed ancestor tribute plaques, known as commemorative tablets standing on an inlaid marble table. The female members of the family, in vermilion robes, with elaborate pearl and kingfisher feather headdresses, their hands modestly tucked away in their robes; the matching family insignia badge of the bird at their front. The male sitters dressed in fur-lined robes with official caps and finials. At the centre of the image there rests the main tribute plaque on a marble table with an inscription to the father’s elder brother, mounted and framed. Within the two other inscriptions, named
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 5,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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