THE ART SERVICE DEPARTMENT, UNION OF CHINESE ARTISTS (Compiler):

[CHINESE PAPER-CUTS]. Paper-cuts of Shantung Province. Peking 1956.

. With 20 mounted hand-coloured red paper-cuts (22.7 x 15.8 cm). Together with a 3-page description text printed in Chinese, English, French and German, and a 5-page booklet on Chinese paper-cuts in general. (Complete). Housed in original decorated paper folders with ivory clasps. Paper-cutting is a very popular folk art in China, each region having its own characteristic style. This set comprises two different styles of Shantung paper-cuts.

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Book number: 120683

Catalogue: East Asia

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