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Culture:Chinese
Title:painting: Chinese junk
Date Made:circa 1849
Type:Painting
Materials:pith paper; gouache
Place Made:China; Guangzhou (Canton)
Accession Number:  HD 2005.9.13
Credit Line:Gift of Ray J. and Anne K. Groves
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Images painted on pith paper produced small, bright pictures with the glowing qualities of enamel or embroidery, and a surface that reflected light more like a mosaic than the smooth flatness of a sized, manufactured paper. Many sets of images were brought back to America by seamen, merchants, and travelers. Drawing on pith paper of a Chinese junk; the water is colored gray, the ship is brightly painted in green, black and red, the sail is a tan, and there is a man in the back of the boat, the mast is flying a Dutch flag. Pith painting was conserved at WAAC.

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