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Packing Tea:
Description
This late 18th century print showing the process behind
the marketing of tea, would have brought a totally new
perspective to the tea drinkers of the western world,
perhaps educating them a little as to the origins of their
popular afternoon drink. Japanese prints became very collectable
in the West in the late 19th century, bringing with them
as they did an intriguing new glimpse of a completely
unfamiliar world. The stylization of natural forms, and
the strong outlines and bold, flat colours, also had a
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Imperial Pictures
of Ploughing and Weaving
Description
Page from Imperial Pictures of Ploughing & Weaving, by
unknown artist.
Book. Watercolour on silk. China, 18th century. |
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Sampling Tea
Description
Sampling Tea, European Merchants Taking Tea at a Tea Factory.
Watercolour.
China, 19th century. |
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A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY CHINESE
GLASS PAINTINGS
A pair of mid 19th century Chinese export glass paintings
depicting genre scenes with figures in an interior which
opens on to a garden. Many of the figures and motifs can
be seen mirrored between the paintings with slight detail
differences.
Mirror and glass pictures were made in China for export
to Europe from the middle of the 17th century. It was
universally recognised that the technique of back painting
required great skill. Typically, subjects featured fell
into four groups: still-lifes of flowers, trees, utensils
and birds, figural groups or single figures often by a
river or in domestic settings, Chinese scenes with Chinese
figures and also European scenes or portraits.
The majority of Chinese glass paintings are anonymous.
None have been recorded with a signature and only one
or two early 18th century examples have been found to
bear their maker's labels on the back. Frames for Chinese
glass paintings varied from simple oriental hardwood and
lacquered softwood frames to more elaborate European-made
carved giltwood examples. |
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Glazing. China, 18th century
Glazing, from a set of 24 on porcelain
manufacture, Anonymous. Watercolour.
Guangzhou, China, c.1770-1790. |
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Chinese Wallpaper
Wallpaper showing flower vase on stool
with flowering plant. China for export, 18th century.
Chinese Wallpaper showing birds and plants |
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