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Free Shipping Location: TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom An original 19th-century Chinese painting on pith, Foot Soldier with Hudiedao Swords. Pith Painting. Pith also behaves unlike conventional paper as a ... morepainting support. Condition: Overall in good condition for its age, given the fragility of the pith substrate.
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$55.00 Shipping Location: Malmö, Sweden An antique album SHIPPING: Worldwide by registered Airmail with tracking number. PAYMENT: PayPal is accepted. Contact us if you will pay by other means. ... morePLEASE ASK: If you have questions regarding the item. Contact us before making an offer. We prefer that you ask questions before you buy. Good communication will make the transaction smoother for all involved. GUARANTEE: The buyer has right to return the item if it is not as described. This beautiful antique artifact is from ADILNOR COLLECTION. SWEDEN
$32.31 Shipping Location: HASSOCKS, United Kingdom Circa mid to late 19th century. Qing dynasty. Wonderfully painted on rice paper. Protected under glass. We have more antique rice paper paintings for ... moresale, so do take a look! All profits raised will go directly to support our hospice in East Sussex and your support is much appreciated.
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$17.80 Shipping Location: Minneapolis, United States This is a stunning pair of antique Chinese export watercolor paintings on pith paper, dated to the Qing Dynasty, circa late 19th century or early 20th ... morecentury. It is rare to have a pair. These original paintings are a beautiful representation of Chinese art and culture, perfect for any collector or lover of Asian antiques.
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$42.22 Shipping Location: TARPORLEY, United Kingdom This is one of a set of five we have listed and we also have three further paintings which depict Chinese boats or junks. CONDITION: The paintings are ... morelovely and detailed.
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Free Shipping Location: TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom Pith Painting. Cityscape | Townscape. Seascape | Marine. A vibrant watercolour on pith, with fine detail flowers, feathers and rock. The collection includes ... morepicturesque landscape and marine subjects, horses and dogs, a group of paintings on Chinese pith and three Baxter prints.
$30.16 Shipping Location: HASSOCKS, United Kingdom Circa mid to late 19th century. Qing dynasty. Wonderfully painted on rice paper. Birds in a pretty landscape. We have more antique rice paper paintings ... morefor sale, so do take a look! Very fragile paper.
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$55.00 Shipping Location: Malmö, Sweden A set of 4 antique Chinese pith paintings depicting flowers and butterflies in China. 1850 A.D. Qing Dynasty, China. Framed. Frame size: 35 x 29 cm. Visible ... moresize: 23.4 x 15.7 cm. Condition: Good for its age. As seen in the photos. 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 colored flowers made from pith in their hair. It has been used to produce toys for children and in craftwork. It is still sold as Chinese medicine to make a diuretic infusion. 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 30 cms by 20 cms. The sheets are dried. Trimmed and used for painting without any further processing. Some European museums claim that their paintings on pith(often erroneously called“rice paper” or“mulberry pith” come from the end of the eighteenth century but there do not seem to be any dateable examples that are so early. There is a record of the Kaiser Franz of Austria buying some albums from an English Consul-General Watts in 1826. We know of an Italian Count who visited Canton in 1828 and had over 350 paintings on pith in his baggage when he died in Ambon two years later. In the British Library there is a scrap-book containing six pith paintings and a journal entry by a serving British officer who sent them home from India in 1829. These examples and contemporary accounts by visitors to Canton suggest that there was a flourishing trade in pith paintings by the early 1830s. SHIPPING: Worldwide by registered Airmail with tracking number. PAYMENT: PayPal is accepted. Contact us if you will pay by other means. PLEASE ASK: If you have questions regarding the item. Contact us before making an offer. We prefe
$32.31 Shipping Location: HASSOCKS, United Kingdom Circa mid to late 19th century. Qing dynasty. Wonderfully painted on rice paper. Three birds in a tree. The rice paper painting has a tear on the upper ... moreleft corner, a small hole on the left and a tear the bottom right.
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$41.36 Shipping Location: TARPORLEY, United Kingdom CONDITION: The paintings are lovely and detailed. The detailing on the painting is lovely. The carne / bird to the left of the picture is especially lovely.
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Free Shipping Location: TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom Pith Painting. Pith also behaves unlike conventional paper as a painting support. Pith paper behaves very differently from conventional rag or woodpulp ... morepaper. Rather than being plant fibres matted together into a layer, pith is composed of plant cells sliced directly from the inner tissue of the Tetrapanex papyrifera plant, native to Southern China and Taiwan.
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Free Shipping Location: TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom Pith Painting. Cityscape | Townscape. Seascape | Marine. A vibrant watercolour on pith, with fine detail to the butterfly and flowers. An original mid-19th-century ... moreChinese painting on pith Butterfly on Orange Lily Flowers.
$32.31 Shipping Location: HASSOCKS, United Kingdom Circa mid to late 19th century. Qing dynasty. Wonderfully painted on rice paper. Protected under glass. We have more antique rice paper paintings for ... moresale, so do take a look! All profits raised will go directly to support our hospice in East Sussex and your support is much appreciated.
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$30.16 Shipping Location: HASSOCKS, United Kingdom Circa mid to late 19th century. Qing dynasty. Wonderfully painted on rice paper. We have more antique rice paper paintings for sale, so do take a look! ... moreTears in the rice paper with repairs in the paper.
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$55.00 Shipping Location: Malmö, Sweden A set of 7 antique Chinese pith paintings depicting Royal processions 1850 A.D. Qing Dynasty, China. Dimensions: 30.5 x 18.5 cm All are framed. Condition: ... morevery good. Some are damaged as seen in the photos. 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 colored flowers made from pith in their hair. It has been used to produce toys for children and in craftwork. It is still sold as Chinese medicine to make a diuretic infusion. 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 30 cms by 20 cms. The sheets are dried. Trimmed and used for painting without any further processing. Some European museums claim that their paintings on pith(often erroneously called“rice paper” or“mulberry pith” come from the end of the eighteenth century but there do not seem to be any dateable examples that are so early. There is a record of the Kaiser Franz of Austria buying some albums from an English Consul-General Watts in 1826. We know of an Italian Count who visited Canton in 1828 and had over 350 paintings on pith in his baggage when he died in Ambon two years later. In the British Library there is a scrap-book containing six pith paintings and a journal entry by a serving British officer who sent them home from India in 1829. These examples and contemporary accounts by visitors to Canton suggest that there was a flourishing trade in pith paintings by the early 1830s. SHIPPING: Worldwide by registered Airmail with tracking number. PAYMENT: PayPal is accepted. Contact us if you will pay by other means. PLEASE ASK: If you have questions regarding the item. Contact us before making an offer. We prefer that you ask questions
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$45.00 Shipping Location: Malmö, Sweden A set of 6 antique Chinese pith paintings depicting birds in China. 1850 A.D. Qing Dynasty, China. Framed. Frame size: 29.7 x 21.6 cm. Condition: Good ... morefor its age. As seen in the photos. 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 colored flowers made from pith in their hair. It has been used to produce toys for children and in craftwork. It is still sold as Chinese medicine to make a diuretic infusion. 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 30 cms by 20 cms. The sheets are dried. Trimmed and used for painting without any further processing. Some European museums claim that their paintings on pith(often erroneously called“rice paper” or“mulberry pith” come from the end of the eighteenth century but there do not seem to be any dateable examples that are so early. There is a record of the Kaiser Franz of Austria buying some albums from an English Consul-General Watts in 1826. We know of an Italian Count who visited Canton in 1828 and had over 350 paintings on pith in his baggage when he died in Ambon two years later. In the British Library there is a scrap-book containing six pith paintings and a journal entry by a serving British officer who sent them home from India in 1829. These examples and contemporary accounts by visitors to Canton suggest that there was a flourishing trade in pith paintings by the early 1830s. SHIPPING: Worldwide by registered Airmail with tracking number. PAYMENT: PayPal is accepted. Contact us if you will pay by other means. PLEASE ASK: If you have questions regarding the item. Contact us before making an offer. We prefer that you ask questions before you buy. Goo
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$80.95 Shipping Location: New York, United States THREE Antique Chinese WATERCOLORs on rice pith paper, Chinese Qing Dynasty, 19th century.
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$22.00 Shipping Location: Sweden Watercolour on pith paper, ca. 1850, Qing Dynasty, China. An antique mini album containing 12 antique Chinese pith paintings depicting Chinese people. ... moreIt has been used to produce toys for children and in craftwork.
$35.54 Shipping Location: HASSOCKS, United Kingdom Circa mid to late 19th century. Qing dynasty. Wonderfully painted on rice paper. Depicting a lady with her servant. We have more antique rice paper paintings ... morefor sale, so do take a look! Small hole on the left.
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$55.00 Shipping Location: Malmö, Sweden An album containing 20 antique Chinese pith paintings depicting a Chinese emperor and empress, princes and princess, Chinese officers, flowers and butterflies. ... moreWatercolour on pith paper, ca. 1850, Qing Dynasty, China.
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$40.92 Shipping Location: TARPORLEY, United Kingdom This is one of a set of five we have listed and we also have three further paintings which depict Chinese boats or junks. The detailing on the painting ... moreis lovely. The ladies sleeve to the right of the picture is especially lovely depicting a colourful dragon.
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$41.57 Shipping Location: TARPORLEY, United Kingdom The detailing on the painting is lovely. The mans face with it's lovely long beard staring into the distance is especially lovely. This is one of a set ... moreof five we have listed and we also have three further paintings which depict Chinese boats or junks.
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$32.31 Shipping Location: HASSOCKS, United Kingdom Circa mid to late 19th century. Qing dynasty. Wonderfully painted on rice paper. Two birds in a pretty landscape. The rice paper painting has a bigger ... moretear in the left corner. Small, less noticeable tears along the edges.
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Free Shipping Location: TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom Pith Painting. Pith also behaves unlike conventional paper as a painting support. Pith paper behaves very differently from conventional rag or woodpulp ... morepaper. Rather than being plant fibres matted together into a layer, pith is composed of plant cells sliced directly from the inner tissue of the Tetrapanex papyrifera plant, native to Southern China and Taiwan.
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$31.88 Shipping Location: HASSOCKS, United Kingdom Circa mid to late 19th century. Qing dynasty. Wonderfully painted on rice paper. Protected under glass. We have more antique rice paper paintings for ... moresale, so do take a look! All profits raised will go directly to support our hospice in East Sussex and your support is much appreciated.
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Free Shipping Location: TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom Pith Painting. Pith also behaves unlike conventional paper as a painting support. Condition: The painting is in remarkable overall condition given the ... morefragile nature of the pith substrate. Small indents near the head of the left-hand bird.
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$55.00 Shipping Location: Malmö, Sweden An antique album SHIPPING: Worldwide by registered Airmail with tracking number. PAYMENT: PayPal is accepted. Contact us if you will pay by other means. ... morePLEASE ASK: If you have questions regarding the item. Contact us before making an offer. We prefer that you ask questions before you buy. Good communication will make the transaction smoother for all involved. GUARANTEE: The buyer has right to return the item if it is not as described. This beautiful antique artifact is from ADILNOR COLLECTION. SWEDEN
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$45.00 Shipping Location: Malmö, Sweden It has been used to produce toys for children and in craftwork. For use in painting, it is cut by hand with a knife into thin sheets from short lengths ... moreof the spongy tissue. Watercolor on pith. ca. 1850, Qing Dynasty, China.
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$41.36 Shipping Location: TARPORLEY, United Kingdom This is one of a set of five we have listed and we also have three further paintings which depict Chinese boats or junks. CONDITION: The paintings are ... morelovely and detailed.
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Free Shipping Location: TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom Pith Painting. Pith also behaves unlike conventional paper as a painting support. Pith paper behaves very differently from conventional rag or woodpulp ... morepaper. Rather than being plant fibres matted together into a layer, pith is composed of plant cells sliced directly from the inner tissue of the Tetrapanex papyrifera plant, native to Southern China and Taiwan.
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$100.00 Shipping Location: Malmö, Sweden A set of 7 antique Chinese pith paintings depicting Royal processions 1850 A.D. Qing Dynasty, China. Dimensions: 30.5 x 18.5 cm All are framed. Condition: ... morevery good. Some are damaged as seen in the photos. 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 colored flowers made from pith in their hair. It has been used to produce toys for children and in craftwork. It is still sold as Chinese medicine to make a diuretic infusion. 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 30 cms by 20 cms. The sheets are dried. Trimmed and used for painting without any further processing. Some European museums claim that their paintings on pith(often erroneously called“rice paper” or“mulberry pith” come from the end of the eighteenth century but there do not seem to be any dateable examples that are so early. There is a record of the Kaiser Franz of Austria buying some albums from an English Consul-General Watts in 1826. We know of an Italian Count who visited Canton in 1828 and had over 350 paintings on pith in his baggage when he died in Ambon two years later. In the British Library there is a scrap-book containing six pith paintings and a journal entry by a serving British officer who sent them home from India in 1829. These examples and contemporary accounts by visitors to Canton suggest that there was a flourishing trade in pith paintings by the early 1830s. SHIPPING: Worldwide by registered Airmail with tracking number. PAYMENT: PayPal is accepted. Contact us if you will pay by other means. PLEASE ASK: If you have questions regarding the item. Contact us before making an offer. We prefer that you ask questions
$35.54 Shipping Location: HASSOCKS, United Kingdom Circa mid to late 19th century. Qing dynasty. Wonderfully painted on rice paper. Depicting a scholar with his servant. We have more antique rice paper ... morepaintings for sale, so do take a look! One small hole on the left.
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Free Shipping Location: TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom An original 19th-century Chinese painting on pith, Foot Soldier with Matchlock Gun. Pith Painting. Pith also behaves unlike conventional paper as a painting ... moresupport. Condition: Overall in good condition for its age, given the fragility of the pith substrate.
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$45.00 Shipping Location: Malmö, Sweden A set of 4 antique Chinese pith paintings depicting flowers and butterflies in China. 1850 A.D. Qing Dynasty, China. Framed. Frame size: 35 x 29 cm. Visible ... moresize: 23.4 x 15.7 cm. Condition: Good for its age. As seen in the photos. 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 colored flowers made from pith in their hair. It has been used to produce toys for children and in craftwork. It is still sold as Chinese medicine to make a diuretic infusion. 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 30 cms by 20 cms. The sheets are dried. Trimmed and used for painting without any further processing. Some European museums claim that their paintings on pith(often erroneously called“rice paper” or“mulberry pith” come from the end of the eighteenth century but there do not seem to be any dateable examples that are so early. There is a record of the Kaiser Franz of Austria buying some albums from an English Consul-General Watts in 1826. We know of an Italian Count who visited Canton in 1828 and had over 350 paintings on pith in his baggage when he died in Ambon two years later. In the British Library there is a scrap-book containing six pith paintings and a journal entry by a serving British officer who sent them home from India in 1829. These examples and contemporary accounts by visitors to Canton suggest that there was a flourishing trade in pith paintings by the early 1830s. SHIPPING: Worldwide by registered Airmail with tracking number. PAYMENT: PayPal is accepted. Contact us if you will pay by other means. PLEASE ASK: If you have questions regarding the item. Contact us before making an offer. We prefe
$33.17 Shipping Location: HASSOCKS, United Kingdom Circa mid to late 19th century. Qing dynasty. Wonderfully painted on rice paper. Depicting a scholar with his servant. We have more antique rice paper ... morepaintings for sale, so do take a look! Protected under glass.
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$89.50 Shipping Location: BISHOP AUCKLAND, United Kingdom This is a beautiful pair of Chinese watercolour paintings on pith from the late 19th century. The paintings are a study of insects in vibrant gouache ... morecolours and include butterflies and other winged insects.
$35.54 Shipping Location: HASSOCKS, United Kingdom Circa mid to late 19th century. Qing dynasty. Wonderfully painted on rice paper. Depicting a lady with her servant. We have more antique rice paper paintings ... morefor sale, so do take a look! Protected under glass.
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Free Shipping Location: TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom Pith Painting. Pith also behaves unlike conventional paper as a painting support. Condition: Age toning and light foxing to the pith, as shown, caused ... moreby the backing board. Pith paper behaves very differently from conventional rag or woodpulp paper.
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Free Shipping Location: TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom Pith Painting. An original 19th-century Chinese painting on pith, Qing Dynasty Bookkeeper. Pith also behaves unlike conventional paper as a painting support. ... moreCondition: Overall in good condition for its age, given the fragility of the pith substrate.
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Free Shipping Location: TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom Pith Painting. Pith also behaves unlike conventional paper as a painting support. Condition: Overall in good condition for its age, given the fragility ... moreof the pith substrate. Minor age toning as shown.
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Free Shipping Location: TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom Pith Painting. Cityscape | Townscape. Seascape | Marine. A vibrant watercolour on pith, with fine detail flowers, feathers and rock. The collection includes ... morepicturesque landscape and marine subjects, horses and dogs, a group of paintings on Chinese pith and three Baxter prints.
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Free Shipping Location: TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom Pith Painting. Pith also behaves unlike conventional paper as a painting support. Condition: Overall in good condition for its age, given the fragility ... moreof the pith substrate. The pith is shored up by the backing board.
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Free Shipping Location: TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom Pith Painting. Pith also behaves unlike conventional paper as a painting support. Pith paper behaves very differently from conventional rag or woodpulp ... morepaper. Rather than being plant fibres matted together into a layer, pith is composed of plant cells sliced directly from the inner tissue of the Tetrapanex papyrifera plant, native to Southern China and Taiwan.
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Free Shipping Location: TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom Pith Painting. Cityscape | Townscape. Seascape | Marine. A vibrant watercolour on pith, with fine detail to the butterfly and flowers. An original mid-19th-century ... moreChinese painting on pith Butterfly on Orange Lily Flowers.
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$45.00 Shipping Location: Malmö, Sweden An antique Chinese gouache painting on pith paper depicting a sage and dignitaries. 1850 A.D., Qing Dynasty, China. It has been used to produce toys for ... morechildren and in craftwork. For use in painting, it is cut by hand with a knife into thin sheets from short lengths of the spongy tissue.
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$55.00 Shipping Location: Malmö, Sweden It has been used to produce toys for children and in craftwork. For use in painting, it is cut by hand with a knife into thin sheets from short lengths ... moreof the spongy tissue. Watercolor on pith. ca. 1850, Qing Dynasty, China.
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$55.00 Shipping Location: Malmö, Sweden An antique album SHIPPING: Worldwide by registered Airmail with tracking number. PAYMENT: PayPal is accepted. Contact us if you will pay by other means. ... morePLEASE ASK: If you have questions regarding the item. Contact us before making an offer. We prefer that you ask questions before you buy. Good communication will make the transaction smoother for all involved. GUARANTEE: The buyer has right to return the item if it is not as described. This beautiful antique artifact is from ADILNOR COLLECTION. SWEDEN
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$55.00 Shipping Location: Malmö, Sweden An antique album SHIPPING: Worldwide by registered Airmail with tracking number. PAYMENT: PayPal is accepted. Contact us if you will pay by other means. ... morePLEASE ASK: If you have questions regarding the item. Contact us before making an offer. We prefer that you ask questions before you buy. Good communication will make the transaction smoother for all involved. GUARANTEE: The buyer has right to return the item if it is not as described. This beautiful antique artifact is from ADILNOR COLLECTION. SWEDEN
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$55.00 Shipping Location: Malmö, Sweden A set of 7 antique Chinese pith paintings depicting Royal processions 1850 A.D. Qing Dynasty, China. Dimensions: 30.5 x 18.5 cm All are framed. Condition: ... morevery good. Some are damaged as seen in the photos. 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 colored flowers made from pith in their hair. It has been used to produce toys for children and in craftwork. It is still sold as Chinese medicine to make a diuretic infusion. 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 30 cms by 20 cms. The sheets are dried. Trimmed and used for painting without any further processing. Some European museums claim that their paintings on pith(often erroneously called“rice paper” or“mulberry pith” come from the end of the eighteenth century but there do not seem to be any dateable examples that are so early. There is a record of the Kaiser Franz of Austria buying some albums from an English Consul-General Watts in 1826. We know of an Italian Count who visited Canton in 1828 and had over 350 paintings on pith in his baggage when he died in Ambon two years later. In the British Library there is a scrap-book containing six pith paintings and a journal entry by a serving British officer who sent them home from India in 1829. These examples and contemporary accounts by visitors to Canton suggest that there was a flourishing trade in pith paintings by the early 1830s. SHIPPING: Worldwide by registered Airmail with tracking number. PAYMENT: PayPal is accepted. Contact us if you will pay by other means. PLEASE ASK: If you have questions regarding the item. Contact us before making an offer. We prefer that you ask questions
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Free Shipping Location: TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom Pith Painting. There is a strip of loss to the pith at the left edge and to the far lower left and upper right corners. Hairline tears to the pith and ... morethe left edge and lower edge have been repaired.
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Free Shipping Location: TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom Pith Painting. Pith also behaves unlike conventional paper as a painting support. There is a strip of loss to the pith at the right edge and a small loss ... moreto the far lower left corner. A horizontal hairline tear to the pith below the image, has been repaired, so the sheet is particularly fragile as a result.
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