These next three dioramaswere tabletop displays. They were about waist high and covered with thick glass walls. They may be viewed from all round.
These were more architectural in concept, focusing on the buildings and there were no perspectives. As dioramas, they were mildly interesting but not captivating to me. The buildings were well made, and very neat - (too neat).
This diorama showed a government building. The figures were added to give a size context to the building.
Another view of the building. The figures were just standing around.
The figures appeared to be a mix of commissioned and commercial (K&C?) pieces repainted in a matt finish. Coolies, working class and the lady in a rickshaw suggested a broad time period, from the Qing period.
Female servants. There was too much wasted space or insufficient figures.
A Qing Dynasty official procession
Close-up of the figures. Manchu officials. These figures appeared too stumpy.
A diorama which showed gunpowder manufacturing within a factory compound. The well-painted flat painted background was only done for one side.
A close-up of part of the diorama.
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