A procession
Painting
1870-1890 (made)
1870-1890 (made)
| Place of origin |
Painting, rectangular in shape, depicting a procession. At the front, figures playing cymbals. A large red flag with gold ink characters is carried by members of the procession. At the rear, a dragon in blue and green, carried on sticks by the group.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | A procession (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolours on silk |
| Brief description | Painting, 'A procession', seventeen of thirty five, watercolours on silk, Ningbo, China, 1870-1890 |
| Physical description | Painting, rectangular in shape, depicting a procession. At the front, figures playing cymbals. A large red flag with gold ink characters is carried by members of the procession. At the rear, a dragon in blue and green, carried on sticks by the group. |
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| Content description | Chinese export watercolours |
| 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. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.18-1898 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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