Twelve Chinese Full Colour Illustrations on Silk.
by [CHINESE ALBUM]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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About This Item
No publication details.. (circa1920?).. Album of twelve full page hand coloured illustrations on silk laid down on card leaves. Images measure 25.4 x 19.4cm. Silk along upper border of two images a trifle frayed, occasional light marks, some light browning card leaves, minor insect damage silk border of one leaf not affecting image. Bound in between wooden boards, title label blank. Chinese ownership marks endpaper. Modern professional Japanese paper repairs to spine. Very attractive album. A charming collection of Chinese pictures showing a variety of domestic, court and mythological scenes. This album contains no clues as to the purpose of these delightful images. There is no title or accompanying text and they are as is typical of these types of illustrations unsigned. They may have been produced for the tourist trade or maybe as a gift book? .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 162308
- Title
- Twelve Chinese Full Colour Illustrations on Silk.
- Author
- [CHINESE ALBUM]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- No publication details.
- Date Published
- (circa1920?).
- Keywords
- China, East Asia, Painting, Watercolour, zz_Gallery_Antiquarian, zz_ListOn_eBay
- Bookseller catalogs
- China_Collectable;
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About the Seller
Asia Bookroom
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
About Asia Bookroom
Asia Bookroom is a large open shop specialising in books on Asia. We also have smaller sections on the Middle East and the Pacific. Our stock ranges from antiquarian books through to new books. We also carry ephemera relating to Asia including an interesting range of 19th and 20th Century ephemera published in East Asia in English, Chinese and Japanese.
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Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
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