Lot nr: | 339 |
Book nr: | 36139 |
Author: | JOWETT, Hardy |
Title: | Chinese Costumes, Illustrations Hand Painted |
Town: | Peking |
Publisher: | Chinese Painting Association of Peiping |
Year: | (1932) |
Description: | Small folio (32 x 22 cm), illustrated with 24 hand-colored depictions of traditional Chinese clothing, each with a tissue guard with explanatory text. Bound in aqua silk with a floral silk-embroidered panel on the front board, and yellow silk brocade pastedowns, binding in excellent condition |
Note: | Scarce work showing costumes worn in a particular role, office or occasion, such as a funeral or wedding, during the Qing Dynasty. According to the Foreword of Hardy Jowett, each image is "authentic in detail and colour and wonderfully executed" and it offers "a standard portrayal of Costumes rapidly falling into disuse, some already so" |
Price: | €1200 - €1800 |
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