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‎HARCOURT SCHOOL PUBLISHERS‎

‎CA Te Homework/Prac Gr5 Rflc 07 Harcourt School Publishers Reflections‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0153414871.G ISBN : 0153414871 9780153414879

‎HARCOURT SCHOOL PUBLISHERS‎

‎Storytown: Sounds of Letters CD Grade K‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0153593415.G ISBN : 0153593415 9780153593413

‎The City Law School‎

‎Advocacy Blackstone Bar Manual‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0198766041.G ISBN : 0198766041 9780198766049

‎New York Training School for Girls‎

‎New York State Training School for Girls at Hudson N. Y‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 133322916X.G ISBN : 133322916X 9781333229160

‎Fitchburg Normal School‎

‎The 1931 Saxifrage Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0260214299.G ISBN : 0260214299 9780260214294

‎Deaf and Blind California School‎

‎Thirty-Fourth Biennial Report of the California School for the Deaf and the Blind for the Twenty-Four Months Ending June 30 1920‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0331166127.G ISBN : 0331166127 9780331166125

‎Ludington High School‎

‎The Oriole 1915 Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 033116504X.G ISBN : 033116504X 9780331165043

‎California School for the Blind‎

‎Fourth Biennial Report of the California School for the Blind for the Period Ending June 30 1930‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0331164817.G ISBN : 0331164817 9780331164817

‎Boston Public Latin School‎

‎The Latin School Register Vol. 45: October 1925 Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0266783570.G ISBN : 0266783570 9780266783572

‎Royal School of Industry for the Blind‎

‎The One Hundred and Nineteenth Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for 1911‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0331164353.G ISBN : 0331164353 9780331164350

‎Cumberland University Law School‎

‎Bulletin: Jan. 2928 Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0260350273.G ISBN : 0260350273 9780260350275

‎National Farm School‎

‎Forty-Fifth Annual Report of the National Farm School 1942-1943 Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026043213X.G ISBN : 026043213X 9780260432131

‎WAIWEN GANBU XUEXIAO [FOREIGN LANGUAGE CADRE SCHOOL]‎

‎HAN YING SHI SHI YONG YU CI HUI: CHINESE-ENGLISH GLOSSARY OFCURRENT AFFAIRS VOCA‎

‎Beijing 1964 Xinhua Shudian. Gray stiff wrappers Chinese Hanzi text English & Chinese tranlations 599p. 13.2 x.18.8 cm. very clean copy solid9 indices English Chinese text leading edge mendedHong Kong 2nd. printing of FIRST EDITION . . . AN IMPORTANT DICTIONARY OF POLITICAL VOCABULARY . . . PRECURSOR OF THE WENHUA DA GEMING CULTURAL REVOLUTION . . This item was published about a year or so before the beginning of the WENHUA DA GEMING CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION. It contains a dearth of useful vocabulary for scholars researchers & students of the Chinese especially related to Communism Cultural Revolution Red Guards Hong Wei Bing government & politically related vocabulary. . This is a copious work with tens of thousands of Chinese words translated into English showing the Chinese Hanzi characters as well. The work is alphabetically organized. . WITH TEN INDICES: . a. List of Ministries State Societies Federations Commissions &c. . b. List of Chinese provinces. . c. List of foreign countries in Asia Africa Europe Americas & Australia. . d. Official body list of government representatives like National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China National Assembly National Council Congress House of Lords and so on. . e. The name of the highest leader of each country i.e. President Chairman Queen Emperor Iman &c. . f. International News Agencies list. . f. List of International organizations treaties agreements and the like i.e. United Nations International Red Cross Warsaw Pact Atlantic Charter &c. . g. List of athletic sports vocabulary. . h. Military vocabulary. . i. Stroke order dictionary Chinese Hanzi. . CONDITION: The work is bound in the publisher's gray stiff wrappers with black ink printed titles in both English & Chinese. . The text body paper is toned as usual otherwise there are not marks or distractions to the text. By and large solidly bound & quite firm. . Please carefully read the description of each copy as copies vary. . Color photos are posted to our website . . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 40003203

‎Eisen (school)‎

‎Courtisane writes on a fan Museum Etching Museum Quality A3‎

‎Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 19th century 1820. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Museum Etching museum quality in size A3. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1842964

‎Harvard Business School Press‎

‎Harvard Business Review on Business Model Innovation Harvard Business Review Paperback Series‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1422133427.G ISBN : 1422133427 9781422133422

‎Harcourt School Publishers‎

‎Harcourt Math: Practice Workbook Grade 5 Teacher Edition‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 015336484X.G ISBN : 015336484X 9780153364846

‎Harcourt School Publishers‎

‎HSP Science Grade 5‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0153610050.G ISBN : 0153610050 9780153610059

‎Harcourt School Publishers‎

‎Storytown Teacher Edition Weekly Lesson Tests Copying Masters Grade 3‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0153517212.G ISBN : 0153517212 9780153517211

‎Pearson School,Modern Curriculum Press,Not Availab‎

‎Modern Curriculum Press Phonics: Level A‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0765226197.G ISBN : 0765226197 9780765226198

‎School Mathematics Project‎

‎SMP 11-16 Book Y1 School Mathematics Project 11-16‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0521317541.G ISBN : 0521317541 9780521317542

‎Fort Wayne High School‎

‎Eniauton 1902 Vol. 7 Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0265503078.G ISBN : 0265503078 9780265503072

‎School, South End Industrial‎

‎First Annual Report of the South End Industrial School 1884 Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1528395875.G ISBN : 1528395875 9781528395878

‎[CHEUNGQUA ?]. [Studio Or School of Cheung-Qua]‎

‎COLOR CHINESE PITH PAINTING SHOWING AN IMPERIAL CHINESE WOMAN:CAISE ZHONGGUO SHI‎

‎Canton 1860-80's Cheungqua. A single pith or Tongcao color painting usual minimal issues clean & solid example brilliantly vivid colors rarely found in such clean & fine condition. A RARE EXAMPLE ! . . . . FINE CHINESE COLOR PITH PAINTINGS . . . SHOWING BEAUTIFULLY DRESSED CHINESE IMPERIAL COURT LADY . . . EXECUTED IN STUNNING & BRILLIANT COLORS . . . AKA: CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS . A stunning Chinese Imperial Court. She wears a golden-embroidered outer dress with elaborate collar sleeves and hem. She wears pink silk-embroidered pants and her "lotus" bound feet are on a wooden stool. She sits on a Ming dynasty style Huahuali wood chair with a fan in her right hand and silk-embroidered accessory in her left. Adjacent to her is a matching Ming table with three ripe 'You' fruits pommel. . This is a typical studio trade painting" executed by Chinese native artists hand-painted color pith painting for foreign traders visiting Canton or Macao during the early to mid-19th century. . "GOLDEN LOTUS" or "LOTUS FEET" BOUND FEET Chanzu: This like most illustrations of the period show the woman with bound feet peeking out below her pant cuff. Chanzu bound feet was an erotic obsession and fetish in ancient China. The erotic ramifications are outlined in the references below. . DESCRIPTION OF THE PAINTING ART WORK AND CONDITION: . This painting is in brilliant vivid and stunning colors. Skillfully painted with a fine hand delicate fine-point brush with great detail incredible reality texture and appeal. . As usual this paintings was tipped to a contemporary stiff backing paper card. . This painting is approximately 19.5 x 27.5 cm. . There are a few old mends on the verso the image is not impacted it remains quite solid and very stable. By and large a far and above average excellent example. Suitable for framing and display. . Please review the photograph posted to our website for details. . "RICE PAPER" PAINTINGS: Several authors refer to this name rather than the proper name "Pith" paper paintings also can be called "Tung Tsao." . THE CANTON ARTIST OR 'SCHOOL' OF CHEUNG QUA: Cheung Qua was an export watercolor painter in Canton. He and followers of his school produced various single and albums of these paintings which were sold from his studio. . Often his in-house artists began painting on their own thus replicating the techniques subjects and essence of their masters. Because these paintings were rarely signed the one and only identification ever found was occasionally on the album cover or spine with the studio name. . Often these paintings were sold in various shops in Macao the main resting and gathering place of foreigners during part of the year. . REFERENCE: . CLUNAS Craig.: CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS. This entire book is devoted to Pith or Rice paper paintings. For musical instruments see color plates on pp.50-53 especially plates on pp.66-67 plates 39 & 40 are particularly similar to our examples that is to say by the same or an artist who was in the same house of Cheungqua or that school. CHU Arthur. et al.: ORIENTAL ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES: A GUIDE pp.62-66. THE CHINESE PITH PAINTING COLLECTION AT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA: An Annotated Guide. Crossman Carl L. The decorative arts of the China trade : paintings furnishings and exotic curiosities. LEVY Howard S.: CHINESE FOOT BINDING: The History of a Curious Erotic Custom. . --. THE LOTUS LOVERS: The Complete History of the Curious Erotic Custom of Foot binding in China. JACKSON Beverly.: SPLENDID SLIPPERS: A THOUSAND YEARS OF AN EROTIC TRADITION. . . unknown‎

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‎[KAWANABE, Kyosai or KAWANABE KYOSAI SCHOOL]‎

‎OTOHIME GYORETSU ZU: OTO HIME DAUGHTER OF THE SEA GOD'S PARADE‎

‎Japan 1860 n.p. Large sheet 96 x 1m 44 cm. gouachevery clean work no worming or other condition issues painted on 16 joined sheets of Washi paper to make one large sheetfine water-color painting. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAINTED ART WORK . . . AM ORIGINAL COLOR PAINTING IN GRAND SIZE . . . FROM JAPAN'S OLDEST MYTHOLOGY: . . . THE KOJIKI & NIHON SHOKI PANTHEON . . . THE ORIGINS OF THE EMPEROR . . . OTOHIME GYO RETSU ZU: . . . THE PROCESSION OF OTOHIME DAUGHTER OF THE SEA GOD . . A stunning color painting by Kyosai. Probably done for a temple donation or as an expression of his faith to Japan's historic heroine. . OTOHIME is a goddess in Japanese mythology and is featured in the Kojiki as well as Nihon Shoki. Also known as "Luminous Jewel". A Japanese goddess the beautiful daughter of the sea-king Ryujin. She married Hoori and gave birth to a son after which she turned into a dragon. . Per the Japanese text brushed on the verso upper left corner: "239 ban dated Ansei 7th Kanoe-Saru-doshi 2 gatsu jojun end of February OTOHIME GYO RETSU ZU" . English: "#239 dated Ansei 7th monkey zodiac year end of Feb.: 1860 . PAINTING TITLE PER VERSO: "THE FIGURE OF PRINCESS OTOHIME'S PROCESSION THE DAUGHTER OF THE SEA GOD" . "Toyotama-hime" Japanese for "Lady Bountiful Soul" better known as Otohime is a goddess in Japanese mythology and is featured in the Kojiki as well as Nihon Shoki. She is the beautiful daughter of Ryujin the "God of the Sea." . A STUNNING ORIGINAL POLYCHROME GOUACHE PAINTING: . This original color watercolor painting shows the lively procession of OTOHIME and her hand maid. She is followed by a flag and umbrella bearer. Also following is a man with a pair of deer antlers good omen a man with a small red offering table with peaches the Wind God and his thunder-drum. Another flag bearer his helper followed by two others one holds a staff the other an offering of golden egg. . The items carries are symbolic good fortune and wealth in terms of deer antlers peaches and the golden egg represent ancient Chinese also used by the Japanese of omens of good fortune and good luck. . THE PAINTING: . Per the Japanese brushed text on the verso there is a number found meaning this panel of several was part of a larger work per the chronology found in Clark see below. . This panel of several paintings was part of a restoration of Zojo-ji temple in Shiba. In 1859 KANO Toei & Kyosai "participates in a repair project at the Zojo-ji temple." See Clark. . Although Kyosai had officially left the Kano school in 1854 by participating in the restoration of Tokugawa's family temple in Shiba he was showing loyalty to the Tokugawa family a good reason to volunteer his skills to the temple. It is also noteworthy that his mentor Kano Toei also participated in the restoration and in all likelihood Kyosai joined his master in a sign of respect and loyalty to him. . Based on this chronology it is clear Kyosai was one of the painters who worked at Zojo-ji temple along with his mentor and master teacher Kano Toei. It was not uncommon at this time for schools to volunteer teachers and students to do temple restoration and art work painting replacing or enhancing paintings and large murals. . This item's date matches the restoration dates for the Zojo-ji temple which began in 1859 and continued into 1860. . This panel was unused in the restoration it may have been a precursor to the final painting which was actually used in the restoration project. It matches the scenes found in Zojo-ji temple restoration. The work is the exact style of others painted by Kyosai and his genre. The caricatures of the people in this painting reflect Kyosai's style exactly the theme of his eccentric humor expressing his love for creativity and the joy of painting. . It is entirely within Kyosai's bizarre character to undertake and devote himself to such a project as illustrating the famous myth of OTOHIME in more than 200 deluxe extra-large-size format paintings. . This restoration project could also have been a 'paying job' for Kyosai as at that time he did not seem to be employed but in 1858 he began to design "Kyoga crazy pictures. It was in 1857 he married Okyo the daughter of a Rimpa painter Suzuki Kiitsu but Okyo died in 1859 and he remarried Tose who died in 1860. . It is more than likely Kyosai being a Buddhist he felt it was his religious obligation to do pennants by contributing to and drawing Buddhist or such traditional images as a way to placate the loss of his wife. . THE STORY OF OTOHIME DAUGHTER OF THE SEA GOD: . Because this work was part of the Zojo-ji temple restoration it cannot be considered a commercial painting one that was casually drawn and put on the market for sale. This was part of a commissioned restoration financed by some benefactor to the temple and most likely supported by the Tokugawa family. . ONE OF JAPAN'S EARLIEST AND MOST FAMOUS MYTHS: . The story of OTOHIME DAUGHTER OF THE SEA GOD is one of Japan's oldest and most famous myths known to all Japanese. Treasured as one of the most important in the ancient pantheon it is found in the earliest writing about the origin of Japan and the Emperor in the KOJIKI and the NIHON SHOKI. . This kind of larger paper illustrated story would take months to complete by It would also take devotion to the subject and focus with responsibility to produce a good number of paints daily. This was something Kyosai could and would do ! . THE ARTIST/PAINTER: This work is unsigned which is expected as part of a larger series of paintings. If this was the work of Kyosai it falls entirely within the dates during his period of work produced when he was 29 years old. . The caricature in the faces and fluid bodies in motion the "flowing" style are his. Although there is no signature and it is a true reflection of Kawanabe's work we are attributing it to him. . Another convincing point is that this kind of painting and meticulous style is also found in his famous instructional showing various 'schools' of painting in his KYOSAI GADEN. See below. . WHO WAS KAWANABE GYOSAI/KYOSAI: 1831-1889: Kawanabe Kyosai was a superb artist in the words of a critic "an individualist and an independent perhaps the last virtuoso in traditional Japanese painting". . Living through the Edo period to the Meiji period Kyosai witnessed Japan transform itself from a feudal country into a modern state. Born at Koga he was the son of a Samurai. His first aesthetic shock was at the age of nine when he picked up a human head apart from a corpse in the Kanda river. . After working for a short time as a boy with Utagawa Kuniyoshi he received his artistic training in the Kano school but soon abandoned the formal traditions for the greater freedom of the popular school. During the political ferment which produced and followed the revolution of 1867 Kyosai attained a reputation as a caricaturist. His very long painting on Makimono" scroll The battle of the farts" may be seen as a caricature of this ferment. . He was arrested three times and imprisoned by the authorities of the Shogunate. Soon after the assumption of effective power by the Emperor a great congress of painters and men of letters was held at which Kyosai was present. . He again expressed his opinion of the new movement in a caricature which had a great popular success but also brought him into the hands of the police this time of the opposite party. After this time he changed his name from Kyo crazy or wild to any one of 19 other "Go" studio names he used. However after the police jailed him he avoided use of "Kyo" but returned back to it with three other "GO" that used the same character "Kyo" crazy & wild such as #7 "Baiga Kyosha" #10 "Kyosai #12 Kyosha Gaishi #16 "Shosho Kyosai" Quoted from Roberts below see that reference for more details. . Kyosai is considered by many to be the greatest successor of Hokusai as well as the first political caricaturist of Japan. His work mirrored his life in its wild and undisciplined nature and occasionally reflected his love of drink. . Color photos are posted to our website. . REFERENCE: . More on OTO HIME: heon-org/articles/o/otohime-html KAWANABE Gyosai later known as Kyosai: Is well collected by world museums I GADAN: 1887 4 vol. set: In this work he outlines and exhibits a wide variety of "styles" of painting. In this work there are several examples of this kind or school of painting. Wikipedia stated about this book: "The most important work about Kyosai's art and life was written by himself: Kyosai Gadan or "Kyosai's Treatise on Painting" half autobiography and half painting manual. WESTERN APPRECIATORS: Many westerners came to visit Kyosai and their memoirs about the artist are valuable. The two important ones both rare were: Emile Etienne Guimet Promenades Japonaises Paris 1880. Josiah Conder: "Paintings and Studies by Kawanabe Kyosai" Tokyo 1911. Conder was a serious student of Japanese art; after some initial rejections he was accepted as Kyosai's pupil and accompanied him for ten years until the master's death. Timothy Clark Demon of painting: the art of Kawanabe Kyosai p.186 chronology and the drawing #21 p.58 is very similar to the pose found in our painting of OTOHIME Toyotama-hime both in pose facial quality hair style and the general perspective. ROBERTS Laurance P.: A DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS: PAINTING SCULPTURE CERAMICS PRINTS LACQUER p.100 stated of him: Kyosai ".was marked by a wild eccentric humor.caricatures of full of fantasy and invention." KAWANABE KYOSAI MEMORIAL MUSEUM. KAWANABE KYOSAI DOKU HON. OTOHIME: Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Toyotama-hime. Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. . . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 36023801

‎[LAM-QUA/TING-QUA SCHOOL]‎

‎SUITE OF TWELVE GOAUCHE PAINTINGS OF CHINESE ON PITH PAPERBound in Black on G.‎

‎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 paperexcellent 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 does not affect the image. . 12 has a similar but less obvious 1 cm. scuff in the right margin at the same place as #11 this does not affect the image. . The balance i.e. numbers: 3467810 are without issues. . OVERLY CRITICAL: We are commonly obsessive and overly critical about pointing out any and all defects. Please view the scans posted to our website. All in all these look much better than the above description. Perfectly clean no blemishes. . NOTE: Typically "pith" paintings are prone to be very brittle and delicate. We are happy to state this suite is exceptionally very solid and intact. The colors are brilliant bright and stunningly fresh without any fading or issues. They appear to have been properly cared for protected. These are in excellent "Collector's Condition." . PAINTING QUALITY AND FRESH BRILLIANTLY COLORED: The paintings are meticulously executed with fine detail painted a steady skilled hand. . LAM-QUA TING-QUA SCHOOLS: The works are done in the Canton style of Lam-Qua and his brother Ting-qua. See link below. . Ting-qua born ca. 1809; flourished 1840-70. He was the brother of Lam-Qua 1801-1860 and probably a close relation of Spoilum. Ting-qua's studio at 16 China Street Guangzhou was perhaps the most prolific source of Chinese export paintings of its time. Working in a manner influenced by Western artistic traditions Ting-qua and the painters of his studio restricted themselves to gouache and water-colors perhaps to avoid rivalry with Lam-qua's oil paintings. Their pictures which were often sold in sets." . PITH PAPER: The paintings were done on pith paper. "Pith paper or rice paper" a misnomer as it is sometimes known is made from the inner pith of the plant Tetrapanex papyrifera which is a member of the Araliaceae family. The plant is a shrub native to Southern China and Taiwan. As well as a painting material pith paper was used to make artificial flowers and surgical dressings." . RARITY: Gouache pith paintings are now rare most were damaged cracked and brittle rendering them useless. The few that survived are considered RARE and uncommon. The paintings were drawn with much skill and patience and were for the most part drawn for and sold to foreigners in the treaty ports of China in the early 19th century. Drawn with a fine brush in vivid colors the paintings depicted things that would fascinate foreigners and encourage them to bring home as souvenirs. The current examples shows portraits of Chinese officials guards military men as well as upper class citizens. . Albums of pith paintings were typically issued in a suite of twelve. . BIBLIOGRAPHY: . -org/wiki/Lam_Qua C.L. Crossman.: THE DECORATIVE ARTS OF THE CHINA TRADE p.173-203 and the associated color and b.w. photo examples. . C.L. Crossman.: THE CHINA TRADE p.93-120 and the photos. Arthur Chu.: ORIENTAL ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES pp.62-67 photo #60. . . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 35006201