Set of 6 strips of hand-painted paper marouflaged... Lot 343

Set of 6 strips of hand-painted paper marouflaged on canvas, Canton for export, second half of the 18th century. Brushed blue-gray background, white and gray powdered decor of a marble balustrade with plum tree, lemon tree in porcelain pots or perfume burner) and undulating branches of peonies or camellias inhabited by various birds (cranes, chaffinches, moorhens, ducks, jays or insects and embellished with Chinese lamps or perches (heavy wear, lack of material, traces of moisture, to restore). Marouflage on canvas. Average size : 310 x 115 cm