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Book Review
Henri Bertin and the Representation of China in Eighteenth-Century France
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 966-967
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Reviewer:
Choi, Kee Il Jr (Choi, Kee Il Jr)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Bertin (1719-93), Henri Léonard Jean-Baptiste
places:
France
subjects:
Chinese art / Chinese architecture / Albums / Watercolours
subjects:
Diplomacy / Missionaries / Collecting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Henri Bertin and the Representation of China in Eighteenth-Century France By John Finlay. 196 pp. incl. 14 col. + 29 b. & w. ills. (Routledge, New York and London, 2020), £120. ISBN 978–1–138–20473–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Maison à double étage, plate 20 from Essai sur l’architecture chinoise (1773). Ink and colour on paper, 35 by 45 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Attributed works:
2. Plate 2 from W. Chambers: Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils, London 1757. Engraving, 53 by 36.8 cm. (© British Library Board).
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Ornament from China: sources for a garden folly design by Jean-Jacques Lequeu
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 216-219
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Author:
Choi, Kee Il Jr (Choi, Kee Il Jr)
Subjects
artists:
Lequeu, Jean-Jacques
dates:
1780-1789
media:
Drawings
patrons:
Bertin (1719-93), Henri Léonard Jean-Baptiste
subjects:
Follies / Gardens / French decorative art / Chinese art / Jesuits / Missionaries / Vases / Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory / jeu de bague
subjects:
Sources / Ornament
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Details of the ‘jeu de bague chinois’ at Monceau, by Jean-Jacques Lequeu. c.1780. Ink on paper, 44.8 by 34.9 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Attributed works:
2. Design for a ring stand for the ‘jeu de bague’ at Chatou, by Jean-Jacques Lequeu. c.1780. Ink, wash and watercolour on paper, 21.9 by 18.2 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Attributed works:
3. Design for the ‘jeu de bague’ at Chatou, by Jean-Jacques Lequeu. c.1780. Pencil on paper, 20.4 by 12.4 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Design for a ceramic sculpture of the Daoist immortal Lü Dongbin. Chinese, c.1770. Ink and watercolour on paper, 24.8 by 24.9 cm. (From Recueil de Vases Antiques. et Piéces [sic], tirés des Cabinets Chinois de l’Empereur Kien-Long., pl.8; private collection; photograph by Richard P. Goodbody).
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Design for a ceramic sculpture of a Daoist immortal. Chinese, c.1770. Ink and watercolour on paper, 24.8 by 24.9 cm. (From in Recueil de Vases Antiques. et Piéces [sic], tirés des Cabinets Chinois de l’Empereur Kien-Long., pl.12; private collection; photograph Richard P. Goodbody).