Chinese clock mounted on French bronze, marble and porcelain base, 2017

Hong Kong 2018
Chinese clock mounted on French bronze, marble and porcelain base

Galleria Franco Noero

Work on Paper
ink and watercolor on paper
88.3 x 65.0 (厘米)
34.8 x 25.6 (吋)
The drawing 'Chinese Clock mounted on French Bronze, Marble and Porcelain Base' is a juxtaposition of two decorative styles related to the East-West trade. The first is in the production of export objects such as the clock supported by dragons, made by China for the European market, as well as the internal Chinese market interested in the novelty of European taste. The second is the plinth on which the clock sits, which alludes to the way in which Chinese export objects were framed and housed in elaborate styles by the European craftsmen on recipe of the objects from the Far East.