One scene of a wedding: the bride and her dowry on her way to her new home
Painting
1870-1890 (made)
1870-1890 (made)
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Painting, rectangular in shape, depicting a procession. A group winds around a tree and over a bridge carrying red, draped fabric flags and white lanterns on sticks. They also carry an ornate pallanquin and other luggage.
Object details
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| Title | One scene of a wedding: the bride and her dowry on her way to her new home (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolours on silk |
| Brief description | Painting, 'One scene of a wedding: the bride and her dowry on her way to her new home', thirty-five of thirty five, watercolours on silk, Ningbo, China, 1870-1890 |
| Physical description | Painting, rectangular in shape, depicting a procession. A group winds around a tree and over a bridge carrying red, draped fabric flags and white lanterns on sticks. They also carry an ornate pallanquin and other luggage. |
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| Object history | Originally an album containing thirty five paintings of various processions including funerals, marriages, offical reviews and inside the law courts. The full series is numbered D.2-1898 to D.36-1898. Purchased from Parsons & Sons, accessioned in 1898. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Accession number | D.36-1898 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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