A large and rare painting of a mother and child

Qing dynasty, circa 1870

清 約1870年 母嬰圖 油畫 裝框

oil on canvas, depicting an intimate and sensual scene of a beautiful young mother lying on her side nursing her infant son, her elegant facial features framed by her long black hair swept back and secured by an embellished hair ornament, her head lightly resting on her bejeweled and manicured left hand supported by a brocade bolster inscribed on the side with the first two verses of the first Qing ping diao by Li Bai, adorned in a diaphanous apricot-yellow robe draped over blue floral-patterned trousers, the delicate feet bound within a pair of red slippers, a young female attendant seated behind, both figures resting atop a mother-of-pearl-inlaid bed with an aubergine-ground robe and chrysanthemum-decorated inscribed fan hanging in the background, framed in a gilt-wood frame

Height 29 ? in., 75 cm; Width 43 ? in., 111.6 cm

Charlotte Hortsmann and Gerald Godfrey, Ltd., Hong Kong.

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Charlotte Horstmann and Gerald Godfrey Ltd.，香港