Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 6

Unknown
Fine 19th Century Chinese School Watercolour - Portrait of a Male Courtier

Unknown

$287.20
$35920% Off
£217.92
£272.4020% Off
€249.17
€311.4720% Off
CA$401.14
CA$501.4320% Off
A$446.01
A$557.5220% Off
CHF 232.88
CHF 291.1020% Off
MX$5,429.07
MX$6,786.3420% Off
NOK 2,971.50
NOK 3,714.3720% Off
SEK 2,784.15
SEK 3,480.1920% Off
DKK 1,859.62
DKK 2,324.5320% Off
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

A very fine Chinese School portrait of a male courtier, beautifully executed in watercolour with further details carefully picked out in gouache. The portrait was acquired as a pair, with the companion portrait also listed for sale on our website. The 19th century work has been beautifully housed in an antique rosewood frame with internal slip and glazing. On pith.
  • Creation Year:
    Unknown
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12.41 in (31.5 cm)Width: 9.65 in (24.5 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    The pith paper shows fine splits, holes, and rippling. The picture frame & glazing offers some protection to the fragile paper. Some discolouration & staining to the substrate due to fluctuations in light and humidity. Light dirtying to the glazing.
  • Gallery Location:
    Corsham, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: sg7781stDibs: LU881314938672

More From This Seller

View All
Fine 19th Century Chinese School Watercolour - Portrait of a Female Courtier
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine Chinese School portrait of a female courtier, beautifully executed in watercolour with further details carefully picked out in gouache. The portrait was acquired as a pai...
Category

19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Chinese School 19th Century Gouache - Serving Elders
Located in Corsham, GB
This traditional Chinese painting depicts a formal scene with three figures in elaborate robes, centred around a seated elder in ornate navy attire. Unsigned. Presented in a gilt fra...
Category

19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Framed Early 20th Century Watercolour - Traditional Geisha
Located in Corsham, GB
This early 20th century watercolour & gouache study depicts a beautiful Japanese Geisha wearing a luxurious silk kimono, adorned with delicate embroidery and hand-painting. Every par...
Category

Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

1844 Watercolour - Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate portrait of a gentleman in a red velvet waistcoat smoking a cigar. The artist has captured his striking face and bright blue eyes with fine detail. Well presented in an or...
Category

Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Framed 20th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Japanese Lady
Located in Corsham, GB
Presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame with stylized rails and bead course. The artist's signature and seal can be seen to the lower left. On paper.
Category

20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

19th Century Pastel - Young Nobleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming pastel study of a 17th Century noble child seated on a red chair next we an earn. He looks down at a hat on the floor and wears a royal blue uniform. Signed faintly with i...
Category

19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

You May Also Like

Chinese portrait of a gentleman from the court
By 19th Century Chinese school
Located in London, GB
The painting is executed with meticulous precision on delicate rice paper, typical of Chinese export art produced for Western collectors in the 18th or 19th century. Its composition ...
Category

19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Rice Paper

Chinese Ancestral Portrait, Gouache on Paper
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Ancestral Portrait of a man and woman. Portrait shows a man and a woman, each in patterned and richly colored robes. This Chinese portraitur...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

Materials

Paper

Antique Chinese Water Color Painting of Furniture Seller Qing Dynasty, 19th C.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing this lovely painting. It has handwriting in German on it. Translating the Chinese. We have a series of these. See second picture for similar paintings. Additional informatio...
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Watercolour of a Chinese Seller of Pipes 'c.1900'
Located in Langweer, NL
Watercolour of a Chinese seller of pipes. Published late 19th/ early 20th cent. With artist's (?) stamps.
Category

Early 20th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Antique Chinese Water Color Painting of a Man C Qing Dynasty, 19th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this lovely painting. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: China Period: 19th century Emperor: Guangxu (1875-1908) China Dynasty ...
Category

Antique 19th Century Asian Qing Paintings

Materials

Paper

A Chinese Nobleman, from The Costume of China, by G.H. Mason, engr. John Dadley
Located in Middletown, NY
London: 1799. Copperplate stipple engraving with hand coloring in watercolor, 17 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (445 x 260 mm) (sheet), full margins. In very good condition with some minor, lig...
Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving