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Wedding

Watercolour
pre-1902 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting depicting figures on a plain ground. In the centre, two figures surrounded by three female attendants on the left and three male attendants on the right. In front of them, two figures kneeling on a green rug.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWedding
Materials and techniques
Body colour on rice paper
Brief description
Painting, 13 of 36, body colour on rice paper, Guangzhou, China, pre-1902.
Physical description
Painting depicting figures on a plain ground. In the centre, two figures surrounded by three female attendants on the left and three male attendants on the right. In front of them, two figures kneeling on a green rug.
Dimensions
  • Length: 32cm
  • Height: 18.7cm
Credit line
Given by Dr. W. L. Hildburgh.
Object history
From a set of thirty-six sheets depicting scenes of every day life, numbered E.3166 to E.3201-1934.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection
Accession number
E.3178:1-1934

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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