A Group of Twelve Chinese Junks and Barges.

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A Group of Twelve Chinese Junks and Barges.
c.1860

Name: A Group of Twelve Chinese Junks and Barges.
Brand: Unknown
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[China Export Water-colours on Pith Paper]. A Group of Twelve Chinese Junks and Barges. c. 1860. Water-colour and gouache studies on pith paper, edged in blue silk ribbon. The vessels depicted include variants of the traditional flat-bottomed Junk, the similar but European-hulled Lorcha, State and pleasure barges, and a large floating duck house. Pith came into use for painting to satisfy the increasing demand for small, inexpensive and easily transported souvenirs, following the massive growth in the China Trade in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Paintings in oils, on board and canvas were costly and difficult to carry home. Earlier and more prestigious export watercolours had often been on a larger scale and painted on fine Chinese paper or on paper imported from Europe. The albums of pith paintings (and later the little glass-fronted boxes) were inexpensive, light, easy to pack and gave the pictures some protection on the long voyage home. Because many were sold in albums and hence protected from the light, they retain their bright colours to this day. Pith comes from the central column of spongy cellular tissue in the stem of a small tree called Tetrapanax Papyrifera, native to south-west China. It has had a variety of uses, some going back many centuries. At the imperial court both men and women wore coloured flowers made from pith in their hair. For use in painting, it is cut by hand with a knife into thin sheets from short lengths of the spongy tissue. Cutting is highly skilled and the constraints of the process mean that the finished sheets for painting seldom, if ever, measure more than about 30cms by 20cms. The sheets are dried, trimmed and used for painting without any further processing. Because of the nature of pith and its cellular structure, the gouache used by the Chinese sat on the surface and produced a bright and even sparkling effect. Very fine detail could be achieved but pith did not lend itself to the flat wash of colour favoured for European water-colours.

Creation Year:
c.1860
Dimensions:
Height: 10.24 in (26 cm)Width: 14.18 in (36 cm)Depth: 0.79 in (2 cm)
Medium:
Watercolor,Gouache,Rice Paper
Movement & Style:
Qing
Period:
1830-1839
Condition:
In handmade gold leaf frames, overall size: 36cm by 26cm.
Gallery Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: 950171stDibs: LU141928994952

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