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Pith Paintings Collection 通草紙畫特藏

Title

Textile portrait art and pith paintings collected by Rudolf Lechler, 1858, pioneer missionary and linguist

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Lechler, Rudolf

Resource Type

graphic

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Pith Paintings Collection 通草紙畫特藏

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"Original Chinese art, rare album of artisan pith paintings ... circa 1847-1858 ... containing 64 vibrantly coloured Chinese paintings on pith paper, and 10 dual-medium textured portrait illustrations constructed of textile pieces and hand drawings, made by various skilled Chinese artists and collected by German missionary Rudolf C.F. Lechler (1824-1908) who was sent to China to establish the first Basel Mission there. Four additional large watercolour drawings are placed within the volume, likely made by a Western hand, possibly Mr. Lechler or his wife. Pith paintings vary in size; the smallest measuring approximately 7 x 9 cm, and the largest measuring approximately 12 x 21 cm, mounted into an album. Cloth and drawing portraits measure roughly 20 x 15 cm; these being captioned in manuscript in Chinese by the artists, and in German by a second hand. Watercolour drawings are made on two creased paper leafs, each of the four images measuring roughly 10 x 20 cm."--China in manuscript and photography (Voyager Press Rare Books and Manuscripts), page 20.
Accompanied by: Acht Vorträge über China : gehalten an verschiedenen Orten Deutschlands und der Schweiz / von R. Lechler. -- Basel : Im Verlag des Missionshauses, In Commission von Bahnmaier's Buchhandlung (C. Detloff), 1861. (210 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations, music ; 23 cm)

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1 album : color illustrations, mounted ; 34 cm

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https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-3498419

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