[HANDBILLS - AMUSING IMAGES OF ETIQUETTE].

[Everyday Behaviour and Social Satire in Early 20th Century China: Coloured Handbills]

Tianjin. 毓順成 芳記. [Yushuncheng Fangji]. (Circa 1900-1920s). Stock ID #219374

Four amusing coloured handbills depicting expectations of behaviour in daily life, two with social comment, 12.1 x 16.3cm, text in traditional Chinese characters. Minor occasional foxing, not affecting images, few small closed tears at margins repaired with washi paper otherwise good copies.

Two of the images 勸人方第一張 and 第二張, refer to how children are brought up, to be either obedient or disobedient, with social class appearing to play its part in the outcome.

In another image 戲金魚, a group of children play happily with a tub of goldfish and watermelons on a terrace.

In 劉二姐栓娃娃, a graceful young woman, Second Big Sister Liu, carries a baby on her back near a temple - the text above relates her background. It amusingly points out some details in the image; how the pancake seller was so distracted by her that a dog came and stole his wares, and because the tea seller was also looking at her, he scalded his hand.

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Price: $750.00 AU

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