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Subject:Restoration/Conservation of China Trade Paintings
Posted By: WayanBima Fri, May 04, 2012 IP: 180.249.131.129 Anyone familiar with China trade paintings of the 19th century is well aware that they are prone to exhibit rather extreme craquelure. I�ve been told by one conservator that this is the result of excessive bitumen in the pigments used by the majority of the Chinese artists who were painting these images for export. |
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Subject:Re: Restoration/Conservation of China Trade Paintings
Posted By: LEE Sun, May 06, 2012 Hi Wayan, your painting appears tobe 1920's HK. There are modern looking steel steam ships and the building in the back ground looks multistoried. Also the painting is not very fine. I suspect this one is not worth restoring. |
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Subject:Re: Restoration/Conservation of China Trade Paintings
Posted By: WayanBima Mon, May 07, 2012 Thanks for your input, but the painting illustrated in my post isn�t my painting. It�s a detail shot of one sold at auction by Knoder Galleries in 2006 for $5,000.00. You can view the full painting here, and btw, that painting had already been restored prior to being auctioned. |
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