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19th Century Chinese schoolThree 19th Century Chinese Export Rice Pith Paper watercolors of birds
About the Item
- Creator:19th Century Chinese school (1775 - 1900, Chinese)
- Dimensions:Height: 2.75 in (6.99 cm)Width: 4 in (10.16 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
- Medium:Watercolor,Rice Paper
- Movement & Style:
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- Condition:Wear consistent with age.
- Gallery Location:Harkstead, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU148127690052
19th Century Chinese school
Paintings from the China Trade Beginning in the late 1700s, an increasing number of international merchant vessels began bringing back to their respective ports cargos of exotic objects from China which found ready markets in America and Europe. An insatiable interest in Asian things resulted in a range of exquisite objects created by Chinese artisans specifically for the western markets. Among the items that filled the holds of the sailing ships were furniture, silk embroideries, lacquerware, ivory carvings, fans, and a fascinating variety of paintings. These paintings offered first hand documentation of the ships that plied the Far East Trade and the exotic ports they visited. These early ‘China Trade’ paintings are considered to be some of the finest harbor views and ship portraits ever produced. They usually have no signatures or labels and offer little or no indication of who the artist was. Only a score or so names from the period are even known and these may be positively identified with only a very few paintings.
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