Chinese gentleman receiving tea from a servant in a landscape, New invented Chinese drawn with great difficulty and brought into the light, by P. Schenk Jun, second part, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 19, 24, Landscape with a Chinese gentleman being offered tea on a tray by a servant. Behind the gentleman are two women, one with a parasol. In the background, two sailing ships on the water. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, 1727 - 1775, paper, etching, height 162 mm x width 261 mm, Chinese, water course, tea-ceremony - CC - out of doors, A line drawing shows a waterside scene with a bridge at the left leading to a shoreline with a small building and rocky trees. Boats with sails float on rippling water in the middle distance beneath a range of low hills. Five birds fly above the water. In the foreground four figures stand on the bank: one wearing patterned robes and a tall hat with facial hair, another facing him holding a tray ...
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Chinese gentleman receiving tea from a servant in a landscape, New invented Chinese drawn with great difficulty and brought into the light, by P. Schenk Jun, second part, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 19, 24, Landscape with a Chinese gentleman being offered tea on a tray by a servant. Behind the gentleman are two women, one with a parasol. In the background, two sailing ships on the water. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, 1727 - 1775, paper, etching, height 162 mm x width 261 mm, Chinese, water course, tea-ceremony - CC - out of doors, A line drawing shows a waterside scene with a bridge at the left leading to a shoreline with a small building and rocky trees. Boats with sails float on rippling water in the middle distance beneath a range of low hills. Five birds fly above the water. In the foreground four figures stand on the bank: one wearing patterned robes and a tall hat with facial hair, another facing him holding a tray with cups and a vessel, and two attendants carrying a large ornate fan and a pair of rounded objects. Vegetation and rocks frame the right side where a pavilion sits on a rocky promontory. The image is contained within a simple border.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Chinese gentleman receiving tea servant landscape New invented Chinese drawn great difficulty light P Schenk Jun second part print album page ornamental print Series number 19 24 Landscape offered tea tray gentleman two women parasol background two sailing ships water Print part album printmaker Pieter Schenk Ii Amsterdam 1727 - 1775 paper etching height 162 mm x width 261 mm Chinese water course tea-ceremony - CC - doors line drawing waterside scene bridge left leading shoreline small building rocky trees Boats sails float rippling water middle distance beneath range low hills Five birds fly foreground four figures stand bank wearing patterned robes tall hat facial hair another facing holding cups vessel two attendants carrying large ornate fan pair rounded objects Vegetation rocks frame right side pavilion sits rocky promontory image contained within simple border

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