A SET OF SEVEN CHINESE EXPORT WALLPAPER PANELS, QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH CENTURY/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

A SET OF SEVEN CHINESE EXPORT WALLPAPER PANELS
QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH CENTURY/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Ink and color on paper, laid down on canvas and on plywood panels, comprising scenes of tea cultivation and porcelain production, each panel numbered:
15 - packing porcelain in straw
16 - unloading porcelain from a barrel
18 - a porcelain shop
19 - sorting tea leaves
20 - drying tea leaves
23 - writing marks on air-dried porcelain
24 - carrying packed porcelain to be shipped
77 7/8 in. (197.6 cm.) high; 46.5 in. (118 cm.) wide, the image

Provenance

Madame Jacques Balsan, formerly Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough née Vanderbilt.
Acquired by descent, thence private acquisition to present owner.