Wonderful, Scarce c. Earlier 1900s Accordian Fold Booklet of Hand-cut Jianzhi (Chinese Cut Paper Works), c. 46 Pages carved wooden comb A beautiful thing for hanging

A beautiful thing for hanging on the wall now

So perhaps she was made as a souvenir doll

Purchased at the Rhinebeck Antiques show from one of my favorite dealers--how could I ever resist these beauties and the charming white creature whose back they're perched upon

Painting: 9 7/8 x 11 1/2

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Wonderful, Scarce c. Earlier 1900s Accordian Fold Booklet of Hand-cut Jianzhi (Chinese Cut Paper Works), c. 46 Pages carved wooden comb A beautiful thing for hangingFinding this one in an unexpected corner of a shop in southern Maine last week made me very happy. It is a small in scale accordion fold book (like a mini Froebel kindergarten album in that regard and the papers used for the paper cuts here have the exact quality the papers used for early kindergarten paper cuts and paper weavings!) It features 46 page faces of original Chinese paper cuts, called Jianzhi an ancient Chinese art form, first executed in