{"product_id":"lady-by-a-balustrade-with-autumn-leaves-chinese-school","title":"Lady by a Balustrade with Autumn Leaves — Chinese School","description":"\u003cp\u003eA graceful lady in traditional dress contemplates falling autumn leaves from a garden balustrade in this evocative seasonal scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChinese School. China, Republic period, c. 1925.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work exemplifies the \u003cem\u003emeiren hua\u003c\/em\u003e tradition, depicting an elegant woman in quiet contemplation amidst a richly autumnal setting. The genre, popular through the late Qing and into the Republic period, drew on seasonal motifs and classical garden architecture to evoke poetic associations of transience, longing, and refined feminine sensibility within established conventions of Chinese painting on silk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInk and colour on silk. Sheet size approximately 36.0 × 42.1 cm. Very Good.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Nest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783236845854,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5660\/0862\/files\/China_Republica_Ladies_-_002_thumb_ec2f2ac9-2d16-4947-b385-bf20339e864f.jpg?v=1777202909","url":"https:\/\/phoenixnest.com.au\/products\/lady-by-a-balustrade-with-autumn-leaves-chinese-school","provider":"Phoenix Nest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}