Chinese Works of Art
A RARE PAIR OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY CHINESE EXPORT OIL PAINTINGS, ATTRIBUTED TO FATQUA 十九世紀早期 珍罕中國外銷冬獵油畫一對
W: 66cm / 26”
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Provenance
Private Collection: Paris, France since 1955.
Literature
Compare:
Painting of a winter scene, on mirror glass, V&A Museum, London (P. 11 - 1936), illus. R. Soame
Winter hunting scene, oil on canvas, The Collection of Patricia Kluge, Sotheby’s, New York, 8-9 June 2010, lot 16
See also the collections of the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts and the Hong Kong Museum of Art for trade paintings in the Fatqua style and for examples comparable in composition
Publications
Crossman, Carl L. The China Trade: Export Paintings, Furniture, Silver & Other Objects. Antique Collectors’ Club, 1972.
Conner, Patrick. Paintings of the China Coast: The Mariner’s Museum. Antique Collectors’ Club, 1984.
Conner, Patrick. Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Canton: China Trade Paintings in the Victoria and Albert Museum. V&A Publishing, 1986.
Van Dyke, Paul A. The Canton Trade: Life and Enterprise on the China Coast, 1700–1845. Hong Kong University Press, 2005.
A rare pair of early 19th-century Chinese export oil paintings, depicting Manchu winter retaining their original giltwood frames. Attributed to Fatqua.
Chinese Export: Circa 1800
This finely executed pair of Chinese export oil paintings depicts winter hunting scenes, with richly dressed figures set within carefully detailed landscapes. Attributed to Fatqua, a Cantonese artist active in the early nineteenth century, the paintings combine Western painting techniques with Chinese subjects, reflecting the tastes of the export market.
Winter scenes are an unusual subject in Chinese export painting, lending this pair particular interest. The hunting parties evoke the ceremony and pageantry associated with the Qing elite, while the treatment of the landscape creates a strong sense of atmosphere. Such scenes would have appealed to European collectors, presenting a Chinese interpretation of a pursuit closely associated with aristocratic life in Europe.
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