Lot 224
  • 224

A set of seven framed Chinese export pith-paper paintings attributed to the Sunqua workshop Canton, circa 1860-1870

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • size of print 11 inches by 7 inches
  • 28 cm by 17.75 cm
Each depicting flowers within silvered wood, ebonized and verre églomisè frames

Condition

In good overall condition.
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Catalogue Note

For a similar set of eleven Chinese export watercolors with a blue silk ribbon border by Sunqua in the Victoria & Albert Museum, see Craig Clunas, Chinese Export Watercolours, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1984, pp. 74-76, 81. See also a set of twelve sold in these rooms, 3rd October 2008, lot 112.