Nine 19th century Chinese gouache on pith paper, depicting seated nobles and sages with attendants, 26.5 x 17cm CONDITION: - Woman with girl holding yellow basket, two horizontal splits and discolouration to the ground paper - Man with green robed boy at this feet with tear through the paper near the sitters head - Bearded man with boy in green at his feet, damp spotting to the paper, a division or split running up the left margin - Woman with attendant in green with minor spotting - Woman with attendant holding red tray with tear and loss to top left corner of paper - Bearded man with pipe - some spotting - Man playing instrument - some spotting, small tear top centre - Woman with red vase beyond - small tear top left and one to the left of the table - Man with attendant in brown - insect dirt, small loss bottom left corner.