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	ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL, [late 18th century] A pair of original watercolours, one titled 'Ahalea Indica' (with a three-character Chinese title) of a pink-flowered azalea with two butterflies and a winged insect; the second titled 'Calycanthus' of a cream-red-flowered shrub with two butterflies and a dragon-fly [no date but circa 1794, the second drawing with a partial '1794 ...' watermark]. 2 original water-colours on Whatman wove paper (sheet size: 17 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches), titled in both English (by a single contemporary western hand), one with ttiling in Chinese characters. An excellent pair of Chinese drawings of flowering shrubs with butterflies produced for the Western market by a highly-talented Chinese artist. These watercolours form part of a well-established tradition of Chinese artists, working in and around the coastal trading ports, producing work for Western patrons, more particularly the members of the East India and Dutch East India Companies. The drawings, whilst meeting Western demands for botanical accuracy, have that fine Chinese feeling and tradition for design and delicacy which almost brings the plants to life. The insects (and particularly the butterflies) are used to heighten what is already a pleasing composition. This fine pair of watercolors are a match for anything that Western botanical artists were producing at the time. #23954$3,800.00
	ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL, [late 18th century] A pair of original watercolours, one titled 'Nerium oleander' (with a three-character Chinese title) of a pink-flowered shrub with two butterflies; the second titled 'Prunus' (with a two-character Chinese title) of a white-flowered prunus with two butterflies and one beetle [no date but circa 1794], the second drawing with a partial 'J Whatman' watermark]. 2 original water-colours on Whatman wove paper (sheet size: 17 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches), titled in both English (by a single contemporary western hand) and Chinese characters. An excellent pair of Chinese drawings of flowering shrubs with butterflies produced for the Western market by a highly-talented Chinese artist. These watercolours form part of a well-established tradition of Chinese artists, working in and around the coastal trading ports, producing work for Western patrons, more particularly the members of the East India and Dutch East India Companies. The drawings, whilst meeting Western demands for botanical accuracy, have that fine Chinese feeling and tradition for design and delicacy which almost brings the plants to life. The insects (and particularly the butterflies) are used to heighten what is already a pleasing composition. This fine pair of watercolors are a match for anything that Western botanical artists were producing at the time. #23953$4,800.00
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