GB0VW1 Guangzhou Museum ed: VIEWS FROM THE WEST: COLLECTION OF NINETEENTH CENTURY PITH PAPER WATERCOLOURS .... Xifangren Yan Li de Zhongguo Qingdiao. Beijing, 2001. 216 pp. 107 colour plates, colour and b/w illustrations. 29x21 cm. Boards. GBP 45.00 An extremely useful addition to the limited literature on the subject. 107 examples of 19th century pith paper Chinese watercolours with a wide range of subject matter - birds, figures, landscapes, ships - are illustrated in good colour. The watercolours comprise a donation to the Guangzhou Museum by Mr. Ifan Williams and have been the subject of an exhibition. The book benefits from a dual Chinese and English text and will appeal to anyone interested in Chinese export art or the China Trade. Subjects: Art Chinoiserie Can be ordered in, as of: 25/06/2009 Was item 403 in printed List 139. Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.