Chinese Watercolour Painting - A Domestic Scene on Pith Paper - 19th Century Screen 76 x 76 x 45

76 x 76 x 45 cm (wxdxh cms)

this piece is a truly unique item with a naturally distressed cracked paint finish

between 1838 and 1850

Although newly made

Chinese Watercolour Painting - A Domestic Scene on Pith Paper - 19th Century Screen 76 x 76 x 45This 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 domestic 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 China. Pith is