Lot 287
  • 287

CHINESE SCHOOL: SIX SCENES OF PORCELAIN PRODUCTION 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Watercolor on paper
watercolor on paper.
framed and glazed.



each depicting multiple stages in the process of porcelain making, including digging and mixing clay, firing and decorating.

Condition

Not examined outside of frame. They all have some wrinkling and minor creases; it is possible that they have been pasted down onto cardboard. The colors are slightly faded. The frames are distressed.
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Catalogue Note

A set of twenty-three paintings of similar type is in the Winterthur Museum and is illustrated by Mudge, 1981, pp. 79-84, figs. 9-31.