Chinese Ancestor Painting, Couple in Red and Black d100 Perfect as a TV unit

Perfect as a TV unit

Ancestor paintings were used in China as an important part of ancestor worship

This was designed to make it difficult to access the furthest parts of the space inside

These fierce looking creatures are Chinese temple lions

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Chinese Ancestor Painting, Couple in Red and Black d100 Perfect as a TV unitThis large portrait is a reproduction of the paintings produced in China for centuries as part of the ritual of ancestor worship. Families would honour their forbears with offerings placed in front of these paintings, which were always shown with the subjects face on and often life size. Sometimes they depicted individuals or groups of more than one generation, but also often show couples as is the case here. Normally the subjects would be shown