Chinese Watercolour Painting - An Official Scene on Pith Paper - 19th Century Amulets original metal ring pulls

original metal ring pulls

protecting the original hinges

5 x 97  (wxdxh cms)

5 x 16 x 21 (wxdxh cms)

Chinese Watercolour Painting - An Official Scene on Pith Paper - 19th Century Amulets original metal ring pullsThis excellent antique Chinese pith painting is painted on pith paper and dates from the 19th century. Pith paintings were painted in China for the European export market which was enjoying a fascination with all things Chinese and Chinoiserie. Here, a courtly or official scene plays out with two characters in traditional dress. Pith paper is the spongy cellular tissue in the stem of a small tree called Tetrapanax Papyrifera, native to southwest