18TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH CUT-OUT WATERCOLOR
18th Century
Depicting a garden pavilion facade and two fantasy boats within a giltwood frame, with a paper label inscribed in brown ink N.D. Chateau de Plaisance du Roi; together with a French hand-colored engraving, 18th Century, representing Char de Bacchus, within a giltwood frame, signed P.F. TARDIEU; and a pair of Dutch engravings after Georg Balthasar, depicting the Porcelain Tower of Nanking and the Triumphal Arch of Canton, later hand-coloring
The watercolor: 22in. (56cm.) high, 32in. (83cm.) wide; the engraving: 17in. (45.1cm.) high, 22in. (57.cm.) wide; the Chinese scenes: 17in. (44.5cm.) high, 22in. (57cm.) wide (4)
18th Century
Depicting a garden pavilion facade and two fantasy boats within a giltwood frame, with a paper label inscribed in brown ink N.D. Chateau de Plaisance du Roi; together with a French hand-colored engraving, 18th Century, representing Char de Bacchus, within a giltwood frame, signed P.F. TARDIEU; and a pair of Dutch engravings after Georg Balthasar, depicting the Porcelain Tower of Nanking and the Triumphal Arch of Canton, later hand-coloring
The watercolor: 22in. (56cm.) high, 32in. (83cm.) wide; the engraving: 17in. (45.1cm.) high, 22in. (57.cm.) wide; the Chinese scenes: 17in. (44.5cm.) high, 22in. (57cm.) wide (4)
Sale room notice
Please note this lot is Christie's stock and is being sold without reserve.