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Lot 204

Sale 785 - Chinese and Southeast Asian Works of Art
Sep 24, 2020 10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,500 - 2,500
Price Realized
$1,875
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Thomas Allom
(English, 1804-1872)

Apartment in a Mandarin's House, near Nanking
Foot of the Too-king, or Two Peaks, at Le Nai (Province of Shen-si)
The Imperial Travelling Palace at Hoo-kew-shan
Ladies of a Mandarin's Family at Cards
The Fountain-Court in Consequa's House, Canton
First Entrance Gate to the Temple of Confucius Ching-hai
Pavilion and Gardens of a Mandarin near Peking
House of a Chinese Merchant, near Canton
Raree Show at Lin-sin-choo

hand-colored steel-plate engraving on paper, nine prints
each inscribed 'Drawn by T. Allom' (lower left), 'Fisher, Son, & Co, London & Paris' (center).

托馬斯·艾隆
(英國,1804-1872)
約1845年 中國風鋼版畫九張:都會風貌

艾隆是維多利亞時代著名的建築師。在今天,他的插畫遠比建築有名。自18世紀末馬戛爾尼使團訪華,帶回乾隆帝賞賜的大批回禮,“中國風”在大不列顛刮起旋風。艾隆游遍大英與中亞,對華夏心向往之,卻不曾有機會涉足,所以根據前任的筆記游記,創作了許多心目中的滿清社會場景。在這些版畫中,有城鎮市集、深宮寺廟;有江南山水、藏蒙風土;有嬉鬧小兒、有深閨貴婦。可以説市井百態羅列風俗。但是細察之下,難掩歐陸風格——雕梁畫棟俱是洋式,官紳香客高鼻深目,織綉羅衫襯蕾絲花邊。這種臆想帶來的裝飾手法是如此天真,以一種赤誠的可愛,令人莞爾。

5 x 8 in., 12.7 x 20.3 cm (largest image).

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