Framed Chinese Pith Painting Watercolour of A Dignitary - 19thC Material - Zinc Supplied fitted with a hanger

Supplied fitted with a hanger

000 years ago

The best quality lacquer cabinets were made from elm as this one is

The following auspicious symbols can be seen on the cabinet doors:

170 x 45 x 50 (wxdxh cms)

Framed Chinese Pith Painting Watercolour of A Dignitary - 19thC Material - Zinc Supplied fitted with a hangerThis excellent antique Chinese pith painting is painted on pith paper and dates from the 19th century. Pith paintings were painted in China for the European export market which was enjoying a fascination with all things Chinese and Chinoiserie. Here, a female Chinese dignitary can be seen wearing a dress decorated with cloud motifs and dragons. Pith paper is the spongy cellular tissue in the stem of a small tree called Tetrapanax Papyrifera, native to