A Chinese export watercolour painting, delicately painted the subject shows a Chinese lady of rank, holding a fan and sitting in a rockery in a Chinese garden.
During the 18th Century paintings like this were sought after througut Europe. The depictions of daily life giving western viewers a glimpse of life in Asia.
The identical picture can be seen on a reverse glass picture in the private collection of Mrs. Lazenby, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire
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