{"product_id":"19th-century-chinese-export-painting-figures-around-a-table","title":"19th Century Chinese Export Painting, Figures Around a Table","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis oil on canvas painting shows four figures at their leisure around a table set inside an open pavilion, a garden and pond visible through the open doorway behind them. A deep red curtain is drawn back at one side, framing a view out toward the water, while the interior is furnished with painted screens, a side table, and small decorative objects rendered in careful, descriptive detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe seated figures lean toward one another in easy conversation around a table set with a full arrangement of small cups, capturing an intimate, everyday moment rather than a formal or posed scene. Painted in the 19th century, the work belongs to the Chinese export painting tradition, produced largely in Canton for Western buyers who prized this kind of detailed, narrative domestic scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe painting is presented in its original 19th century Chinese carved, lacquered, and parcel gilt wood frame, its scrolling foliate ornament matching the period of the canvas. Measuring 18 x 23 1\/4 inches at the canvas and 28 x 22 1\/2 x 1 1\/2 inches in the frame, it holds its own as a substantial wall piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis painting carries notable institutional provenance, having been gifted to the Virginia Historical Society in 1943 from a family estate located in Bremo, Virginia, and later deaccessioned by the Virginia Museum of History and Culture to benefit collections care, preservation, and future acquisitions. Made in China, this is a genuinely documented antique for a serious collector of Chinese export art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collectors Gene","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50335261393034,"sku":"CG-WAL-00386","price":2090.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0639\/1247\/6810\/files\/19th_Century_Chinese_Export_Painting_Figures_Around_a_Table_1.jpg?v=1793807451","url":"https:\/\/cameronsteiner.com\/products\/19th-century-chinese-export-painting-figures-around-a-table","provider":"Cameron Steiner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}