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1917.53.723

Book in four volumes [.1 - .4], bound in wooden boards, with handwritten text and watercolour illustrations. [El.B 19/03/2008]

1917.53.723

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Collection type
Object
Description
Book in four volumes [.1 - .4], bound in wooden boards, with handwritten text and watercolour illustrations. [El.B 19/03/2008]
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Cultural groups
Hmong
Person
Maker Wang Chin
Maker Liu Chungshe-hsien
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Anna Rebecca Tylor
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1917
Date collected
By 1917
Acquisition information
Donated: 1917
Materials and processes
Material Paper Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Watercolour Paint, Process Written, Process Bound, Process Carved
Dimensions
Width: max 145 mm each volume, Length: max 240 mm each volume
Object numbers
Accession number: 1917.53.723
Associated publications
One of the illustrations in Volume IV is reproduced on page 198 of Indigo, by Jenny Balfour-Paul (London: British Museum Press, 1998); photocopy in RDF. [JC 30 6 2006]

Search terms: Writing, Picture and Graphic Art, Book, Painting

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