Orchids

Ren Xun, China

1835-1893

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Painting of a young woman in a black summer kimono with one breast exposed, holding a bolt of white cloth. She stands in front of a beater and roller for fulling cloth. Brick and olive brocade mounting with ivory roller ends
North Section of the "450 Pagodas." Each Enshrining a Book of Wisdom, Mandalay, Burma, Keystone View Company, gelatin silver prints mounted on card
Bowl with molded design of three infant boys amidst flowers.
Bowl decorated with chrysanthemum spray in well and scrolling bands below exterior rim, all ainted in blue-brown cobalt-oxide with enclosing lines in brown iron-oxide.