Chinese Export Watercolours by Craig Clunas

Chinese Export Watercolours by Craig Clunas

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Chinese export watercolours were produced in the port cities of China for sale to Western customers in the late-18th and 19th centuries. Chapters look at paintings by subject, figure drawings, the crafts of tea growing and porcelain-making, topographical views, and bird and flower painting.

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Chinese Export Watercolours by Craig Clunas

Chinese export watercolours were produced in the port cities of China for sale to Western customers in the late-18th and 19th centuries. Chapters look at paintings by subject, figure drawings, the crafts of tea growing and porcelain-making, topographical views, and bird and flower painting.
Clunas, Craig: - Craig Clunas is Professor of the History of Art at the University of Oxford. His books include Screen of Kings: Royal Art and Power in Ming China, Empire of Great Brightness: Visual and Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China, and Art in China.
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ISBN 13 9780905209616
ISBN 10 0905209613
Title Chinese Export Watercolours
Author Craig Clunas
Series Far Eastern S
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher V & A Publishing
Year published 1984-05-01
Number of pages 112
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