[HANDBILLS - GOOD FORTUNE IMAGES].

[Four Chinese Handbills of Children].

Tianjin. 毓順成 芳記. [Yushuncheng fangji]. (Circa 1900 - 1920s). Stock ID #219369

Four colourful handbills depicting children and a scene at home with the text of a tongue twister, all 13.3 x 18.6cm. Three margins reinforced with washi. In good condition with bright and lively colours.

Images such as these were often used as New Year decorations. In two of the images the focus is mainly on chubby children; 水果豐收 depicts three of them eating grapes from a bumper harvest, clearly meaning not just the grapes but also the three children. In another image 貓蝶富貴, two children are playing with a wealthy and high ranking cat, relating to parents' wishes for their children in the future, while 閙蟋蟀, depicts eleven children playing with crickets in various containers. In 繞口令, a very young child kneeling on a kang and a young boy also feature in the image where a woman in cooking a hotpot of tofu, with a tongue twister written in the margin above.

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Price: $650.00 AU

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