Gentleman Gouache Portrait Painting

China. 1800-1820

Figure 15 1/2″ (39 cm),

Mount and frame 25 x 18″ (64 x 46 cm)

A delicately painted, large scale, full length portrait of a gentleman wearing an informal cap with red silk tassels, a Magua (riding jacket), exotically embroidered with subtle guilt roundels, above his padded stockings. Attached around his belt, a group of smoking utensils.