The Shop Signs of Peking

Los 125
15.10.2021 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Verkauft
$ 4 375
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
VeranstaltungsortVereinigtes Königreich, London
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ID 627614
Los 125 | The Shop Signs of Peking
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$ 2 000 – 3 000
FUNG, H.K. The Shop Signs of Peking. Peking: Chinese Painting Association of Peking, 1931.

Limited edition, one of only 100 copies. A beautifully colored book showing the signs used by Chinese shopkeepers to advertise their trade. They are colored in gold, silver and colors. Each sign is accompanied by a description in English and Chinese. Brown paper title slip with white borders on the front cover, reading Yandu Shangbang Tu.

Oblong quarto (245 x 365 mm). Title page, preface and table of contents. (A little pale foxing.) 18 leaves incorporating 101 hand-colored illustrations. Original cloth-backed brocade boards, tied with black ropes (title slip and edges slightly chipped, some soiling on the covers).

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