Legends of Ancient China

by Chinese Silhouette Cutwork

$450 · Offered by Thorn Books

Chefoo, China: Temple Hill Cut-outs, c. 1930 or earlier. Hardcover. Fine. Item #20017 Oblong 8vo. Eight leaves of handmade heavy paper interleaved with text leaves printed on glassine. Each page has a silhouette intricately cut out of black paper and mounted. Bound in a Chinese-style binding with woven tapestry covers depicting a stream, pagodas, bridge, village and water bird, all in shades of green, beige and brown.

• Binding: Hardcover

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