Chinese school, a set of ten watercolours Qing dynasty, 19th century

ink and colour on cardboard, each of landscape format and painted in reverse, variously depicting scenes of officials, ladies and attendants in elaborate interiors or on military boats at sea

These paintings are in average condition in that most of them are stained and scuffed where some of the surface paper is lost, especially to the corners. The one with the garden and pond scene has a 13cm repaired diagonal tear.
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Please note the lot will be sold unframed.