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Auction archive: Lot number 22

FUNG, HK The Shop Signs of Peking Peking: Chinese Painting A...

Estimate
US$400 - US$600
Price realised:
US$4,200
Auction archive: Lot number 22

FUNG, HK The Shop Signs of Peking Peking: Chinese Painting A...

Estimate
US$400 - US$600
Price realised:
US$4,200
Beschreibung:

FUNG, H.K. The Shop Signs of Peking . Peking: Chinese Painting Association of Peking, 1931.
FUNG, H.K. The Shop Signs of Peking . Peking: Chinese Painting Association of Peking, 1931. Oblong 2 o (254 x 325 mm). 18 leaves of plates containing 101 hand-colored illustrations. Original cloth-backed brocade boards, tied. Provenance : purchased from Emil Offenbacher, 12 May 1965. LIMITED EDITION, one of 100 copies only. A beautifully colored book showing the signs used by Chinese shopkeepers to advertise their trade. They are colored in gold, silver and colors. Each sign is accompanied by a description in English and Chinese. Zhongguo gudai meiren tu. A Book of Famous and Beautiful Chinese Ladies from All Antiquity . China: Autumn/Fall of the Dingmao year [1927]. Accordion form, 210 x 154 mm. Text in Chinese and English. 12 hand-colored portrait of ladies in costume. Wooden covers mounted at beginning and end, cover with title carved at center. (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 22
Auction:
Datum:
27 Jun 2006 - 28 Jun 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
27-28 June 2006, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

FUNG, H.K. The Shop Signs of Peking . Peking: Chinese Painting Association of Peking, 1931.
FUNG, H.K. The Shop Signs of Peking . Peking: Chinese Painting Association of Peking, 1931. Oblong 2 o (254 x 325 mm). 18 leaves of plates containing 101 hand-colored illustrations. Original cloth-backed brocade boards, tied. Provenance : purchased from Emil Offenbacher, 12 May 1965. LIMITED EDITION, one of 100 copies only. A beautifully colored book showing the signs used by Chinese shopkeepers to advertise their trade. They are colored in gold, silver and colors. Each sign is accompanied by a description in English and Chinese. Zhongguo gudai meiren tu. A Book of Famous and Beautiful Chinese Ladies from All Antiquity . China: Autumn/Fall of the Dingmao year [1927]. Accordion form, 210 x 154 mm. Text in Chinese and English. 12 hand-colored portrait of ladies in costume. Wooden covers mounted at beginning and end, cover with title carved at center. (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 22
Auction:
Datum:
27 Jun 2006 - 28 Jun 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
27-28 June 2006, New York, Rockefeller Center
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