Woman with a book, by Sunqua

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An image of Album: Manchu Officials. Woman with a book. Sunqua, attributed (Chinese, ac.1830-1870). Album containing 12 watercolours (folios 1-12) on pith paper with two blank foilios (front and back, unnumbered). Watercolour, bodycolour, and ink with heightening in white, gold and silver on pith paper, laid down with with strips of blue silk-covered paper, height 365 mm, width 256 mm, 19th century. Chinese. Production Note: Export album made for the Western market.

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Album: Manchu Officials. Woman with a book. Sunqua, attributed (Chinese, ac.1830-1870). Album containing 12 watercolours (folios 1-12) on pith paper with two blank foilios (front and back, unnumbered). Watercolour, bodycolour, and ink with heightening in white, gold and silver on pith paper, laid down with with strips of blue silk-covered paper, height 365 mm, width 256 mm, 19th century. Chinese. Production Note: Export album made for the Western market.

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Accession Number: 4165(3)
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 728 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 480.46kB
Exposure time: 1/18
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:06:15 10:36:40

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