RARE ALBUM DE QUATRE-VINGT CINQ PEINTURES, GOUACHE SUR PAPIER

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TINGQUA (C.1809-APRES 1870) ET STUDIO, XIXEME SIECLE
RARE ALBUM DE QUATRE-VINGT CINQ PEINTURES, GOUACHE SUR PAPIER
The album of eighty-five bodycolours are elaborately painted on thick Western paper, several with watermarks: 'Whatman 1844', depicting various subjects such as Chinese and Western characters and costumes, Daoist divinities, birds, flowers, furnitures and boats.
The album measures 11 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (29.5 x 24.5 cm.), folding box

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TINGQUA (C.1809-AFTER 1870) AND STUDIO, 19TH CENTURY
A RARE ALBUM OF EIGHTY-FIVE LEAVES

Lot Essay

A Tingqua album of this quality is rather rare and exceptional. Guan Lianchang, more famous by the name 'Tingqua', was the best known watercolourist working in Canton during the mid 19th Century. Tingqua was taught by his elder brother Lamqua, the latter primarily a portraitist in oils like his father Guan Zuolin, before he set up his own studio at 16 China Street, Canton. Distinguishing himself from his brother, Tingqua (and his studio) specialised in works on paper in watercolour and bodycolour depicting local subjects for the Western market. The work of Tingqua and his studio is remarkable for its bright palette, detail and outstanding finesse.

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