AN UNUSUAL CHINESE PAPER SHADOW PUPPET THEATER GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
AN UNUSUAL CHINESE PAPER SHADOW PUPPET THEATER GROUP QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY Comprising four boxes containing approximately 147 figural puppets, and a large folio containing approximately 84 stage surrounds, backdrop scenery, props, accessories, 18 animal puppets, 83 puppet-heads, each element of painted and shellacked paper pierced to create the designs, and enclosed in paper covers inscribed with names and details; together with a large envelope labeled 'The Metropolitan Museum of Art' , containing four smaller envelopes of 11 figural puppets without heads, 24 puppet-heads, 10 figural puppets, 3 animals, and a few small accessories and fragments; two printed copies of The Red Gate Players , text by Pauline Benton, published Lotus Court Publications, Peking, 1940, and a list in ink on paper of the names of the characters depicted in the puppets, in numerical order The figural puppets mostly between 8 in. (20 cm.) to 11 in. (28 cm.) high
AN UNUSUAL CHINESE PAPER SHADOW PUPPET THEATER GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
AN UNUSUAL CHINESE PAPER SHADOW PUPPET THEATER GROUP QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY Comprising four boxes containing approximately 147 figural puppets, and a large folio containing approximately 84 stage surrounds, backdrop scenery, props, accessories, 18 animal puppets, 83 puppet-heads, each element of painted and shellacked paper pierced to create the designs, and enclosed in paper covers inscribed with names and details; together with a large envelope labeled 'The Metropolitan Museum of Art' , containing four smaller envelopes of 11 figural puppets without heads, 24 puppet-heads, 10 figural puppets, 3 animals, and a few small accessories and fragments; two printed copies of The Red Gate Players , text by Pauline Benton, published Lotus Court Publications, Peking, 1940, and a list in ink on paper of the names of the characters depicted in the puppets, in numerical order The figural puppets mostly between 8 in. (20 cm.) to 11 in. (28 cm.) high
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