From:
Patrick Conner [mgregory@dircon.co.uk]
Sent:
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 5:22 AM
To: Stanley Weiss
Cc: Patrick
Conner
Subject: Re: Portriat of Chinese lady holding up a butterfly
hairpin, c.1850

Dear Mr
Weiss
Thank you for
your enquiry. I’m glad to hear that the ‘Lady holding up a butterfly hairpin’
has found a good home! She was indeed ours; we sold her a dozen years ago to a
New York collector. The painting is by a Cantonese artist, c.1850, perhaps from
the studio of Lamqua, the best-known of the Chinese ‘export’ artists, who
specialised in oil portraits. The frame is also an original Chinese ‘export’
piece – it may need a little attention.
…
Best
regards
Patrick
Conner
Martyn Gregory Gallery, London