ECOM 38
[Album of hand-painted fish] [manuscript].
Guangzhou (Canton) : 1850ca.
1 v. : ill. ; 262 x 332 mm
Material: pith paper.
Format: codex.
Decoration: 12 plates with illustrations.
Number of leaves: 12 ff.
Painted onto fragile pith paper, each of the twelve plates contains two or three brightly-coloured fish, the work of a highly-skilled artist.
Once belonged to Osbert Sitwell?
Old stamp on the front pastedown: 'Sunqua Painter of Old China Street no. 4'.
In pencil probably a date (11/5/47) ans 'roses' on the back pastedown.
Silk covers in blue, red, green and yellow with ribbons.
Art, Chinese 19th century.
China History Pictorial works. 19th century
China Guangzhou.
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B51668