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A SET OF FIVE CHINESE EXPORT STUDIES OF DOMESTIC INTERIORS
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A SET OF FIVE CHINESE EXPORT STUDIES OF DOMESTIC INTERIORS

19TH CENTURY

Fermé24 May 2017

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A SET OF FIVE CHINESE EXPORT STUDIES OF DOMESTIC INTERIORS
19TH CENTURY
Gouache on paper, each painting depicting ladies and officials at leisure in finely detailed interior settings, variously being dressed by servants, playing the Chinese flute, dizi, and reading. One painting depicts a lady at court wearing a yellow silk phoenix robe.
19 in. x 14 in. (48 x 35.5 cm.), framed and glazed

Note du spécialiste

Carl L Crossman in The Decorative Arts of the China Trade, 1997, writes that this genre of paintings showing the Chinese in their homes was popular with the export market with many of the earlier 19th century works of particularly fine quality.