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Chinese Art 6 Pith Paintings
Midwinter Antiques
for sale €1,047     $1,137
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Chinese Art 6 Pith Paintings

19th century
Description

6 wonderful decorative 19th century Chinese watercolours pith paintings (rice paper paintings) depicting flora and fauna with great accuracy, including butterflies, beetles, crickets and many other insects.

Framed and glazed

Physical Dimensions
Height
26cm (10.24")
Width
38cm (14.96")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
Declaration

Midwinter Antiques has dated these Chinese Export Pith Paintings to the 19th Century.

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SA993157
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Chinese pith paintings
Description
6 wonderful decorative 19th century Chinese watercolours pith paintings (rice paper paintings) depicting flora and fauna with great accuracy, including butterflies, beetles, crickets and many other insects.

Framed and glazed

Height
26cm (10.24")
Width
38cm (14.96")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
Date of Manufacture

Midwinter Antiques has dated these Chinese Export Pith Paintings to the 19th Century.

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SA993157
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Chinese pith paintings
Midwinter Antiques
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Set of six framed nineteenth-century Chinese export pith paintings featuring detailed studies of insects and botanical flora.
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Archive I Set of six framed nineteenth-century Chinese export pith paintings featuring detailed studies of insects and botanical flora.

Chinese art 6 pith paintings

Archive II Set of six framed nineteenth-century Chinese export pith paintings featuring detailed studies of insects and botanical flora. View II
Archive III Set of six framed nineteenth-century Chinese export pith paintings featuring detailed studies of insects and botanical flora. View III
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Archive IX Set of six framed nineteenth-century Chinese export pith paintings featuring detailed studies of insects and botanical flora. View IX
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Shropshire
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Set of six framed nineteenth-century Chinese export pith paintings featuring detailed studies of insects and botanical flora.
Chinese art 6 pith paintings
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Set of six framed nineteenth-century Chinese export pith paintings featuring detailed studies of insects and botanical flora.
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Produced primarily in Canton for Western market trade during the Qing dynasty, these watercolours were executed on the cellular pith of the Tetrapanax papyrifer plant, depicting natural history, trade subjects, and daily life.

These artworks utilize gouache or watercolour pigments applied directly onto thin sheets cut spirally from the dried pith of the rice-paper plant, resulting in a distinct textured and light-reflective surface.

Authentic nineteenth-century examples feature a visible cellular structure under magnification, slightly raised pigment surfaces, and characteristic age traits such as vertical splitting or discolouration along the organic substrate.

A grid or symmetrical gallery arrangement of framed pith paintings offers structured focal points in botanical, traditional, or eclectic room schemes, particularly when paired with conservation glass and neutral matting.

Pith paper is fragile and sensitive to environmental changes; display these works away from direct sunlight and moisture, housed within UV-filtering glass and archival mounts.
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