Framed Chinese Pith Painting of a Junk Ship - Late 19thC Period - Meiji Today they make excellent decorative

Today they make excellent decorative storage pieces and are particularly well suited as coffee table chests or statement interior accents

Depicting Prince Genji & Lady Asagao watching three girls marking a snow rabbit below the winter moon

Chests and boxes from India are found in an extraordinary variety of styles reflecting the many cultures that influenced India and were usually made from teak

blue and lilac floral motifs

Framed Chinese Pith Painting of a Junk Ship - Late 19thC Period - Meiji Today they make excellent decorativeThis lovely antique Chinese gouache painting is of a Chinese Junk Ship from Canton. Painted on pith paper and dating from the 19th century, they were made for the European market which enjoyed a fascination with all things Chinese and Chinoiserie from the Georgian period onwards. Junk Ships are trading vessels with fully battened sails. They have been an iconic sight on Chinese waterways since at least 200AD and the Eastern Han Dynasty. Pith paper is