From RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, U.S.A.
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[Canton? ca.1800-1820, Lam-Qua?].Black lacquer, gold painted 12 fine gouache hand-drawn & colored paintings, 12.5 x 16.5 cm., very fine condition, each mounted in an album with old gold paper corners, on pith paper,excellent example. RARE ! *** *** *** . . . A SUPERB SUITE OF TWELVE STUNNING COLOR PITH PAINTINGS . . . ILLUSTRATING VARIOUS CHINESE IN ELABORATE COSTUME . * This is a charming suite of 12 lovely portraits of Chinese men, women and military men. . * THE PAINTED SUBJECTS: . 1. An old sage holds a scroll of holy texts while he is seated, behind him stands a guard with a pole sword. . 2. A young warrior holds a long axe ready for action. . 3. A young lady a white porcelain teacup. . 4. A warrior holds his halberd ready for action. . 5. A fierce older warrior holds a sword and his shield. . 6. A guard holds his long sword at the ready. . 7. An elderly man strokes his long beard. . 8. A young man takes a stroll holding a fan behind his back. . 9. An elderly an holds two Burmese-green jade bracelets. . 10. A man holds a feather fan. . 11. A very old man holds his long sword. . 12. A bearded man points with his hand toward the right. . *** The twelve paintings are gently mounted to stiff black album pages with the old style "NuAce" photo mounting corners. There is no damage to the paintings with this technique. . *** THE STUNNING GOLD OVER BLACK ILLUSTRATED LACQUER COVERS: This is a very unusual binding, hand-painted in gold lacquer over black lacquer background on wooden boards. . The cover illustration shows five Chinese: The Lord & Master; his concubine; his son [Prince]; his retainer; and the maid. . The Lord & master is seen seated before a tea service with three golden cups and a golden ceramic tea pot. The Lord & Master reaches for the hand of his fair and very young concubine who holds a fan. The tea service is clearly for three people: The Lord & Master, his son, the Prince and the concubine. . The retainer is seated just behind the Lord & Master's right side, showing proper respect by looking at the floor. The young Prince [the son] is seated before his father and looks at the concubine. At the rear is the maid, waiting for order. She puts her right hand on the adjacent table, holding a tray. . The work has an elaborate and stunning border. In the upper corners are two stunning illustrations: the upper left sows the Golden Dragon, in the upper right is the Phoenix. At the left center margin is a golden Peacock. The margin-borders are elaborately done with differing traditional Chinese patterns and designs. A most stunning view inside of the . The back is plain black lacquer. . The spine is black leather, with period Chinese swastika design white over black end papers. Some of the old glue is showing through the very thin tissue endpapers, else very solid, with heavy black pages. . *** CONDITION OF THE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER COVERS: The covers are in exceptionally good condition. There are two minor spots: one ca. 1.5 cm spot at the son's midsection, and another black spot .05 cm just below his robe. . There is the very small amount of occasional and barely visible usual and very minor mild scuffing, with a minor discoloration of the face of the maid. There is a bit of 'crackle' to the black lacquer which is normal for a piece 200 + years old. Else this is in very nice condition. . *** CONDITION OF THE PAINTINGS: These are exceptionally bright and clean drawings, lightly mounted on a now browned backing paper, with blue-glossy patterned paper borders. . Numbers: . 1 has a tiny 1.5 & .5 cm. small split at bottom left, this does not affect the painting. . 2 has the lower portion folded in the process of paper-making which is normal variation and does not detract. . 5 has a tiny 1 cm. split at top in the margin, this does not affect the painting. . 9 has a 7 cm. split from the elbow to the bottom of the work, apparently restored from the verso, minimal impact. . 11 has a small 1 cm. scuff in the right margin, this d. Seller Inventory # 35006201
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