Chinese school, early 19th century.Ink and gouache on paper.Measurements: 29 x 17 cm; 49 x 33,54 cm.Set of ten works made in ink and gouache on paper that represent in each of the scenes a characteristic character of the society. Seven of them show people working at a specific trade, while the remaining three show an elegant lady, a character who appears to be a warrior and finally an old man. Thus, it can be deduced that this group of paintings attempts to represent the different classes of Chinese society that still existed in the 19th century.Costumbrismo painting is a genre in which popular types and attitudes, behaviour, values and habitsmon to a particular population group, region or class are described by means of a satirical, nostalgic or narrative description of the environments, customs, dress, festivals and entertainments, traditions, trades and representative types of a society. The idea of costumbrismo arose from an attempt to understand reality, or more precisely, reality understood in a particular way, from a specific point of view. Traditionally, Spanish painting and literature of the 19th and 20th centuries have been interested in popular customs and types.Dimensions: 29 x 17 cm; 49 x 33.54 cm.