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Lot 237

GUANGZHOU SCHOOL, A SET OF NINE PAINTINGS
1780-1820

21 September 2020, 12:00 EDT
New York

US$12,000 - US$18,000

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GUANGZHOU SCHOOL, A SET OF NINE PAINTINGS

1780-1820
Gouache on paper, matted, seven of which depicting rural activities in the production of rice or tea, the other two landscapes of southern China, the opaque colors covering the paper.
13 x 17 3/8in (33 x 44.2cm) sight;
12 1/4 x 16 1/2in (31.2 x 42cm) sight
(9).

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耕織圖及風景 水彩 鏡框九幅 1780-1820年

Primarily produced for export in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the thriving port of Guangzhou, gouache images of tea, silk and porcelain production were popularly produced by studios of artists. While illustrating Chinese commerce and agricultural modes of production, these aesthetics of the opaque gouache painted images would mimic the appearance an oil on canvas, with the entire surface covered with color, and abandoning the Chinese tradition of leaving the sky or water unpainted.

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