CHINA Embroidery Decorative Paintings Birds Flowers

Description: Chinese Emboidery and Paintings Another Fine Quality Print from Martin2001 Print Specifics: Type of print: Lithograph - Original French antique printPublisher: Librairie de Firmin Didot, Paris, Rue Jacob 56, 1885-1887. Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair)Dimensions: 11 x 15.5 inches (28 x 40 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image.Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNotes: 1. Green color 'border' around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. Detail of the print is sharper than the photo of the print. Legend to the illustrations: This print contains various expressions of Chinese ornamentation, which was followed more or less closely by the Japanese, according to the genre in question, namely, painting on silk or on paper, embroidery, or printing on fabric. In addition to the vertical naturalistic painting, there is here a larger scene depicting the branch of a tree in blossom on which a bird is perched. This example is typical of the bright, airy, even poetical style at which the Chinese and Japanese have proven to be so inventive. The two panels with a black ground are embroideries which form a completely different kind of natural ornament. The plants, flowers, birds and insects are all set off against this black ground by colours of varying degrees of brightness, to which the lustre of the silk conveys the greatest brilliancy. The panel with a brownish crimson ground belongs to a loftier order. The design, which is compartmentalized, is printed with the ground itself, and the decoration is given variety and life by the addition of several flat tints. In this style, the particular harmony of the decoration is subordinated to the ground, following the rules of good chromatics. One may recognize here the experienced eye of those who produced the most beautiful enamels in the world. The legendary bird in the centre of the motif is thefu-huang, which belongs to classical ornamentation. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

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