A SUITE OF FOUR (4) CHINESE EXPORT HAND-PAINTED...
A SUITE OF FOUR (4) CHINESE EXPORT HAND-PAINTED WALLPAPER PANELS
China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century
Ink and colour on paper, each variously depicting ladies and boys in a garden landscape with pavilions and trees.
Dimensions (each, approximately): 367 x 117,5 cm
Provenance: ‘Mount Congreve: The House Sale’, 2017/07/11-12
Notes:
1. Mount Congreve – which was originally called ‘Brauchaille’ meaning the edge of a cliff in Irish - stands majestically above the River Suir, not far from the city of Waterford in the south east corner of Ireland. The house was built circa 1760 by the most-renowned local architect John Roberts for John Congreve, the son of a reputed politician and banker.
2. Wallpaper was considered the height of desirability and rarity during the Qing Dynasty and was extremely expensive. The French dealer Lazare Duvaux (c. 1703-1758), amidst others, records the sale of six sheets of ‘China paper’ to the Countess of Valentinois in 1756 for 144 livres (Carl L. Crossman, The China Trade, Woodbridge, 1991, p. 390).
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A SUITE OF FOUR (4) CHINESE EXPORT HAND-PAINTED WALLPAPER PANELS
China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century
Ink and colour on paper, each variously depicting ladies and boys in a garden landscape with pavilions and trees.
Dimensions (each, approximately): 367 x 117,5 cm
Provenance: ‘Mount Congreve: The House Sale’, 2017/07/11-12
Notes:
1. Mount Congreve – which was originally called ‘Brauchaille’ meaning the edge of a cliff in Irish - stands majestically above the River Suir, not far from the city of Waterford in the south east corner of Ireland. The house was built circa 1760 by the most-renowned local architect John Roberts for John Congreve, the son of a reputed politician and banker.
2. Wallpaper was considered the height of desirability and rarity during the Qing Dynasty and was extremely expensive. The French dealer Lazare Duvaux (c. 1703-1758), amidst others, records the sale of six sheets of ‘China paper’ to the Countess of Valentinois in 1756 for 144 livres (Carl L. Crossman, The China Trade, Woodbridge, 1991, p. 390).
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