Chinese Watercolour Painting - A Domestic Scene on Pith Paper - 19th Century Screen this sideboard feels equally at

this sideboard feels equally at home in a contemporary interior or a more relaxed farmhouse setting

It has had the top layer of black paint removed to reveal the blue tones

This style of rug gets it's name from the Mehraban district in northern Persia where it's created

between 1838 and 1850

Chinese Watercolour Painting - A Domestic Scene on Pith Paper - 19th Century Screen this sideboard feels equally atThis excellent antique Chinese pith painting is painted on pith paper and dates from the 19th century. Pith paintings were painted in China for the European export market which was enjoying a fascination with all things Chinese and Chinoiserie. Here, a domestic plays out with two characters in traditional dress. Pith paper is the spongy cellular tissue in the stem of a small tree called Tetrapanax Papyrifera, native to southwest China. Pith is