A Chinese Qing Dynasty Portrait Painting

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), ink and colors on paper, painted in jeweled tone pigments with an older lady seated on an outdoor pavilion veranda in frontal portrait style position, symbols of longevity: a bowl of peaches, a vase of peonies, and two books rest on the table next to the lady, a servant is on the step bringing her tea in a patterned blue and white tea cup, a plum blossom tree is blooms next to the pavilion, this painting may be a type of birthday portrait for the woman with the auspicious items in the scene as wishes for a long life, framed, not examined outside of the frame.
40 1/4 x 25 1/4 in.
Private Collection, High Point, North Carolina
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Creases; toning to paper; not examined outside of the frame.