LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas in the original hand-carved Balinese frame

Measurements:

59.06 in. (150.00 cm.) (height) by 78.74 in. (200.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'J Le Mayeur' (lower right)

Literature:

Jop Ubbens and Cathinka Huizing, Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès: Painter-Traveller, Wijk en Aalburg, 1995, no. 276 (illustrated in color, p. 174)

Provenance:

Acquired directly from the artist by Dr. D. Reid Tweedie in 1951 Thence by descent to the previous owners, London Anon. sale; Christie's Hong Kong, 27 May 2007, Lot 38 Acquired from the above sale by the present owner