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Similar style painting but later period

Posted By: Tim
Posted Date: Sep 23, 2015 (11:03 PM)

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Rat,

I bought this painting today at a local thrift store. Measures about 39" x 12" on paper.

The date appears to be Geng Wu, 庚午 1870, 1930, but that's all I'm able to translate.

Quality seems pretty good and this is the first time I've seen the background painted (apparently prior to rendering the trees and the figure of the woman).

Do you recognize the artist?

I'm not sure exactly how to phrase my questions, but I'm curios about the purpose of paintings depicting single figures.....Are these paintings intended to fulfill some sort of Feng Shui in the home, religious iconography, or simply a decorative element?

Thanks,
Tim







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