Chinese Watercolour Painting On Pith Paper - 19th Century Door Coffee Tables Features: Intricate Pierced Jali Fretwork

Features: Intricate Pierced Jali Fretwork

These doors can be built into a room as doors or used as room dividers

Pith paintings were painted in China for the European export market which was enjoying a fascination with all things Chinese and Chinoiserie

Later publications have a black seal in the margin (instead of red)

Chinese Watercolour Painting On Pith Paper - 19th Century Door Coffee Tables Features: Intricate Pierced Jali FretworkThis 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 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 China. Pith is