Pith Paper Painting - Flowers

_Tongcao Hua Also known as "painting". Tongcao paintings have a wide range of themes, including port customs, market industries, customs and festivals, craft processes, dramatic performances, punishments, flowers, birds, fish and insects, etc., truly reflecting the various social trends in China in the 18th and 19th centuries. Therefore, Tongcao painting has far-reaching research significance for art history, Chinese and foreign trade history, art, folklore and other disciplines. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Tongcao paintings were a kind of export painting in Guangzhou, mainly for export. The themes mainly reflected social life scenes and various figures in the late Qing Dynasty, such as portraits of officials, brave soldiers, juggling pictures, textile pictures, etc. Performance pictures, etc. The works are vivid in shape, rich in color, and vivid in characterization. Because it adopted Western painting principles and reflected local Chinese customs, it was deeply loved by Westerners at that time. Mainly collected in Western museums. In recent years, Tongcao painting has attracted more and more attention, and it is of great significance to the study of the development of early Western painting in China. _Painting information Title: Pith Paper Painting - Flowers Dimensions: 41.4cm x 30.7cm. Inner frame size: 28.5 cm X 19.5 cm. Thickness: 6mm. Remarks: **Old pieces inevitably have traces of history, as shown in the picture, only those who can accept it will buy it.