Pith Paintings

Elegant, antique Chinese watercolor painted with the hand of a master using deep, luxurious colors that contrast with the unstated sky. Presented in its original burled walnut frame.  

by 27.4cm. Pith seems not to have been adopted for painting until about 1820. Some European museums

peacocks, the paintings are rendered on a pith paper base which allows pools of watercolour paint to sit on

Pith came into use for painting to satisfy the increasing demand for small, inexpensive and easily

1830 Both paintings depict ladies in a seated position playing musical instruments sat by tables

, including pith, from the various painting studios nearby the port. These paintings were produced in sets as

A charming trio of 19th century watercolors on pith (rice) paper of exotic birds. With lovely

Chinese watercolors of junks and sampans painted on pith paper within original blue silk bands and

-farming vessels. A charming and rare set of ‘rice’, or more accurately, ‘pith’ paper paintings. Now

Chinese Export Botanical Paintings on Pith Paper Guangdong Province, A Set of Twelve, Circa 1850

A mid 19th Century circa 1850's Chinese Export rice paper pith painting set within an arched cut

unrolled to obtain a soft and translucent support. The first examples of paintings on pith paper appear

Simple, close-up portrait of a man wearing a pith helmet with a cloth drape at the back. In soft

Set 8 Chinese watercolors on pith paper depicting polychrome butterflies in a lush garden full of

Set 6 Chinese watercolors on pith paper depicting polychrome butterflies in a lush garden full of

A Set of Three Paintings of Birds on Pith Paper, mounted on paper mats with silk ribbon, Chinese

12 very fine China Trade paintings on pith paper depicting court men and ladies in rich garments

Set of Six Chinese export birds Paintings on Pith Paper, 19th Century A refined series of six

These are a beautiful pair of Chinese Export Pith Paper Paintings of Birds from c. 1840. The

paintings, watercolour on pith paper, depicting the growing, harvesting and processing of tea. The gouaches

obtain a soft and translucent support. The first examples of paintings on pith paper appear about 1820

Many export paintings were known for their skillful treatment of subject and brilliancy of color