Paintings of tradesmen.

£12,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Zhou Peichun was a famous Beijing folk artist and export painter in the late Qing Dynasty.The present album t contains 96 pictures showing Chinese men and women engaged in various occupations. Accompanying each picture is a brief description in Chinese that explains what the picture illustrates. Landscape album (35 x 26 vm), 96 hand coloured paintings on thin paper, each described in traditional Chinese and signed by the artist.some edge wear to album, internally fine.

• Binding: Hardcover

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