The Jane Carnegie Oriental Art Library

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Item
3105
Hu, Zhengyan 
Shizhu zhai jianpu
Collection of decorated writing paper from the Ten Bamboo Studio
Peking, Rong Bao Chai   1951 
34pp; 283 col plates; 31x21cm   Chinese   Stitch-bound volumes in brocade case

Woodblock printed book in four volumes, with an epilogue by Cheng Chen-to. This edition originally published 1941 following the edition of 1934. Original edition 1644-45. The volumes have brown paper covers with flecked gold title slips and gaufrage or blind printing on many of the plates