Chinese Export Bird Watercolour Paintings, Circa 1800-20

Chinese Export Bird Watercolour Paintings.

Circa 1800-20.

The paintings of exotic birds on branches are in watercolor and gouache on Chinese paper.

One picture depicts a pigeon perched on a tree branch with a landscape background.  Chinese calligraphy can be seen in the top right corner.  The second picture depicts two courting birds in shades of brown, both perched on a branch, also in a landscape background.

Both paintings framed with a green silk mat and contemporary gilt and dark wood frame.

Dimensions: 15 inches high x 16 inches x 1 inch deep.

Reference: Chinese Export Watercolours by Craig Clunas ( Victoria and Albert Museum Far Eastern Series), page 89 for a very similar composition of a Hawfinch on a branch.

(Ref: ny5937B-mrr)

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