1972 Chinese Landscape Scroll with Modern Harbour View

A Chinese hanging scroll. People's Republic of China era, circa…
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A Chinese hanging scroll. People's Republic of China era, circa 1972, the paper mounted scroll painted on silk in muted colours and depicting a traditional landscape and pavilion scene against a burgeoning modern harbour, with script and date upper right, and housed in a Mother-of-pearl decorated timber box with inlaid script. Length 99 cm. Width 51.5 cm.

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  • Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
  • Mother-Of-Pearl - Mother-of-pearl, technical name "nacre", is the inner layer of a sea shell. The iridescent colours and strength of this material were widely used in the nineteenth century as an inlay in jewellery, furniture, (especially papier mache furniture) and musical instruments.

    In the early 1900s it was used to make pearl buttons. Mother-of-pearl is a soft material that is easily cut or engraved.

    Nowadays it is a by-product of the oyster, freshwater pearl mussel and abalone industries.

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