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COMPANY SCHOOL, China, early-19th century [Watercolour of peonies and a bird] Shanghai: circa 1820. Pen, ink, watercolour and bodycolour. Chinese paper, laid down onto a backing sheet (light surface damage , old crease marks). Sheet size: 15 9/16 x 10 1/4 inches. A vibrant company school painting of peonies executed in the early nineteenth century. A beautifully composed image, in a style that recalls the traditional Chinese compositions, whilst also making allowances for the differing Western taste of the European patrons who supported a striving school of highly talented natural histiory artists in Shanghai at the turn of the nineteenth century

#15167$1,200.00

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