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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PHILIP WOOD, SAN FRANCISCO (LOT 464)
A CHINA TRADE ALBUM OF LINE DRAWINGS
MID-19TH CENTURY
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A CHINA TRADE ALBUM OF LINE DRAWINGS
MID-19TH CENTURY
Ink on paper; comprising 119 drawings of various aspects of daily life in China, likely in a Chinese hand but each with an English caption, including depictions of ladies at cultivated pursuits such as embroidering and playing music, Mandarins of different ranks and their wives, Buddhist ceremonies and temple scenes, family scenes, and various occupations including cabinetmaking and silk weaving, bound in green leather
11 x 11 7/8 in. (27.9 x 30.3 cm.) closed
MID-19TH CENTURY
Ink on paper; comprising 119 drawings of various aspects of daily life in China, likely in a Chinese hand but each with an English caption, including depictions of ladies at cultivated pursuits such as embroidering and playing music, Mandarins of different ranks and their wives, Buddhist ceremonies and temple scenes, family scenes, and various occupations including cabinetmaking and silk weaving, bound in green leather
11 x 11 7/8 in. (27.9 x 30.3 cm.) closed
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