Lot 260: YOUQUA (ACTIVE 1840-1870)

An album of ten studies of exotic fruit, vegetables and flowers bodycolour on pith paper each leaf 71/2 x 101/2 in. (19 x 26.7 cm.), original silk covers, stamped Youqua Painter, Old Street, No.34 NOTES For a discussion on pith paper paintings, see C. L. Crossmann, The Decorative Arts of the China Trade, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1991, pp.200-202, and colour plate 70 and pls. 105 and 106 for examples of Youqua's pith paper work and label.