Box 10

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: A collection of early Chinese export watercolors including "Street Trades," on paper with J. Whatman watermark, similar in format and subject to those published in an 1800 British work by George Mason, and also including children's toys, boats, mandarins, butterflies, and Chinese scenes probably ca. 1790; a small bound volume of "Illustrations of China," also similar in style and subject to the Mason engravings; a set of 24 watercolors on "The Culture of Tea & Silk;" a set of later...

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: A collection of early Chinese export watercolors including "Street Trades," on paper with J. Whatman watermark, similar in format and subject to those published in an 1800 British work by George Mason, and also including children's toys, boats, mandarins, butterflies, and Chinese scenes probably ca. 1790; a small bound volume of "Illustrations of China," also similar in style and subject to the Mason engravings; a set of 24 watercolors on "The Culture of Tea & Silk;" a set of later...