[CHINESE SCHOOL].

Butterfly and Fruits

Stock Code 109629

China, mid nineteenth century.

£650.00 - £650.00

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£650.00

£650.00 - £650.00

£650.00

Fine, well executed, decorative Chinese export watercolour. Light and easily transportable, these watercolours, mostly produced in the Canton region, found a ready market in the West. Natural history studies were, and continue to be, amongst the most sought-after subjects.

Ink and gouache on paper, mounted. Image size: 356 mm by 300 mm; mounted: 465 mm by 380 mm.

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