Beauty in pursuit of pleasure: 19th-century Chinese export watercolours on pith depict a variety of idealised, attractive women. Ifan Williams traces the sources for these popular images, which appealed to western audiences as representations of the sophistication and exoticism of Chinese civilisation.

Apollo | November 1, 2006| | Copyright

Paintings on pith--also erroneously known as 'rice-paper'--come within the general classification of Chinese export watercolours. Although they may deal with the same subjects as the more prestigious paintings on Chinese-manufactured paper or paper imported from Europe, pith as a material makes very different demands on the painter and a very different style evolved to deal with the medium.

Pith is cut from the inner spongy tissue of a small tree, Tetrapanax Papyrifera, which is native to south-west China and Taiwan. Most came from trees growing in the wild and, ...

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