Ancestor painting.  Woman with a civil rank badge sitting on a chair draped with a tiger skin, wearing a red robe with dragons. Besides being compelling art, the painting reveals much about Chinese social and cultural history.

China, Qing Dynasty first half of the 19th century.

Condition: Restoration of the paper at the top part
Dimensions: 117x77 cm
Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner, Denmark