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A ZITAN COVERED 'FILIAL PIETY' ALBUM QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- ceramic
comprising twenty-four leaves, each brightly painted in ink and color, illustrating a narrative from The Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety, mounted facing the story of their virtue written in prose repeated in verse on gold-flecked paper
Provenance
Collection of Stephen Alexander Hunter (1851-1923), acquired while serving as a missionary in China from 1879-1891 and thence by descent.