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FINE CHINA TRADE PAINTINGS FROM MARTYN GREGORY, LONDON, PART II
Lot 182

CHINESE ARTIST (LATE 18TH CENTURY)
A set of ten paintings illustrating stages in the production of porcelain, rice and tea

15 May 2025, 11:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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CHINESE ARTIST (LATE 18TH CENTURY)

A set of ten paintings illustrating stages in the production of porcelain, rice and tea
Gouache on mulberry paper in original blue silk border, framed.
32.5cm (12 3/4in) high x 30cm (11 3/4in) wide. (10).

Footnotes

中國藝術家(十八世紀晚期) 瓷器、稻米和茶葉製作流程圖(一組十幅) 水粉桑皮紙 有框

Provenance: Martyn Gregory, London

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Martyn Gregory, A China Voyage: Historical Pictures by Chinese and Western Artists, 1780-1950, catalogue 79, London, 2002, p.83, cat.85

來源:倫敦古董商Martyn Gregory

展覽著錄:Martyn Gregory,《A China Voyage: Historical Pictures by Chinese and Western Artists, 1780-1950, catalogue 79》,倫敦,2002年,第83頁,編號85

The present set was likely part of an expansive album of works covering the range of productive technologies in China, the specific scenes illustrated here are as follows:

1. Pounding the clay, and shaping the bowls on a wheel
2. Shaping bowls on a wheel and carrying them out to dry
3. Supplying firewood to a kiln
4. Firing the painted porcelain in a muffle kiln
5. An official is welcomed to the porcelain works
6. An official departs from a porcelain retailer
7. Transporting the porcelain down-river to Canton
8. Ploughing with a water buffalo
9. Sowing rice in the paddy fields
10. Watering and picking young tea leaves

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