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PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
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A RARE PANORAMIC EXPORT PAINTING OF DOMESTIC
SCENES ON A RIVER
China, Canton, Circa 1770-1780 Export views of life in Chinese villages of the eighteenth century
Gouache on silk, framed; were in great demand by Western merchants. Scroll paintings on
Depicting a continuous scene of life on a riverbank, with fishermen silk of Canton (Guangzhou) were among the earliest paintings of
and pleasure boats on the waterway, while pavilions house women Canton for the Western market. Among those is the 1772 Alexander
and children with visitors nearby, the riverbanks filled with lush foliage Hume scroll painting, now in the Hong Kong Museum of Art
growing from rocky promontories and distant hills. (HKMM2015.0020.0001).(i)
36 1/4in (91.4cm) x 165.5in (395.2cm) x 3in (7.6cm)
As with the current lot, that scroll is 36 inches tall. Another (36 x
$25,000 - 35,000 109.8 in.), ca. 1770, was on the market in 2014.(ii) The height of
these scrolls was dictated by the width of a loom which averaged 29
1770-1780 年前後 河岸市井外銷畫 to 36 inches. Painted silk scrolls of landscapes and city views was
a long-held tradition in Chinese art, though generally more complex
Provenance in execution for the domestic market than for the export trade.(iii)
Fibinger Collection, Copenhagen, Circa 1945 Painted silks for export were not unusual, and could be used for
A Canadian Collection clothing, bed hangings, and bed and wall coverings, and as window
shades.
出處：
哥本哈根 Fibinger 舊藏，1945 年前後 Comparing the dates of Canton views on silk and comparable
加拿大人藏品 scenes on wallpaper, the unique village scene on this silk scroll would
appear to date to 1770-80.

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