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Virgin Mary reading. Ink and colours on silk, framed under g…
See original version (French)
238
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Virgin Mary reading. Ink and colours on silk, framed under g…
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
Virgin Mary reading.
Ink and colours on silk, framed under glass.
Depicted standing, the Virgin Mary holding a book is treated in the style of traditional Chinese painting. The composition shows a face with fine, delicate features. She wears a blue veil and a dress richly decorated with floral motifs and gold scrolls on a red background.
Most probably belonging to the Furen Catholic University Art School of Beijing 輔仁大學, a major movement in Sino-Western Christian painting from the 1920s to the 1940s.
China, Republic period (1912-1949).
Dimensions: 185.5x88.5 cm.
(Bumps to the frame).
See original version (French)
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Ref. : 7637 - 9
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