WINDOW FLOWERS SYMBOLICAL SILHOUETTES FOR THE CHINESE 販売 NEW YEAR ALFRED KOEHN
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Published by Peiping [Beijing]: Lotus Court Publications, 1948 Used First EditionOriginal green paper-backed boards, red paper silhouette illustration on white paper background to front cover. An excellent copy. With 48 red and 2 black and gold woodcut illustrations of silhouettes. "Window Flowers" were paper silhouettes with symbolic images which were intended to be pasted to windows. Sold at local Beijing fairs before the Chinese New Year, they were believed to bring good luck. Koehn"s book provides 50 examples of this charming Chinese folk art from the productions of the artist Liu Chen, with an actual example pasted to the front cover.薄焼け少しユーズド感、silhouette illustration美、1cmx22cmx29.5cmx450g