CHINESE SCHOOL, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
A woman dying silk with two children before a river landscape
in a giltwood frame
gouache
19¹⁄₄ x 15¹⁄₄ in. (49 x 38.5 cm.), including frame
two labels to the reverse one printed ‘JEREMY LTD/Fine Antiques & Works of Art’ inscribed ‘original frame’; the other printed ‘Chinese Artist c. 1800/A woman dying silk/…/Provenance: the estate of Prince Palffy von Erdod’, also with partially concealed blue crayon inscription

Probably, Count Franz Paul Rudolf Maria Josef Pálffy ab Erdöd (1890-1968), according to label.
Dealing in Excellence: A Celebration Of Hotspur and Jeremy, Christie's, London, 20 November 2008, lot 138.

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