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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  Asian Art
• Sale Date:
  10 Aug 2022 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  8
• Lot Description:
  Ten-Bamboo Studio decorative letter papers, Shizhuzhai Jianpu
  Rongbaozhai, Beijing, 1952
  four volumes in a clothbound slipcase
  31.4cm L, 22.5cm W, 5.5cm D
• Provenance:
  Private collection, Melbourne
• Notes:
  Originally compiled by the late Ming dynasty seal carver Hu Zhengyan (1584-1674), this collection of decorated letter papers was re-issued by Zheng Zhenduo and Lu Xun for about 200 copies in the 1940s, albeit incomplete due to the condition of the master copy, and then about 300 copies in 1952 - this time in complete collection. Both executed in the spirit of "reviving the traditional and classic methods of Chinese colour printing", the colour printed collection incorporates the blind-stamping technique of gauffrage (gonghua ?? "embossed design" or "arched pattern") where a dry woodblock is pressed into the paper to create a subtle, low-relief design. On the 1952 edition, Jan Tschichold remarked "the finest issue. An incomparably perfect facsimile; the best printed book of modern times anywhere."
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 5,000
• Realised Price:
  $0.00
• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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