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**Originally Listed At $200**

East Asia, China, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. This album features the stories of "P'ang Tao (Flat Peaches) and the "Eight Fairies Festival" ("A festival held on the 3rd of the 3rd lunar month in honor of the Goddess Hsi Wang Mu"). The book has wooden covers, adorned with a green hand-carved roundel displaying the Chinese character "fu" ("prosperity"). Inside, it contains 10 color paintings on silk that depict mythic figures, accompanied by short stories in Chinese with English translations of the characters. The album is formatted in concertina-style, with pages folded like an accordion, totaling 21 pages. Size: 8.125" L x 5.75" W (20.6 cm x 14.6 cm)

The album was produced in Fuzhou by the Ling Yu Sing Gift Shop, a business known for creating souvenirs that showcase Chinese history and culture.

Provenance: private Denver, Colorado, USA collection, acquired between 1960 to 1990

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  • Condition: Front wood cover with 4 attached pages is torn off completely. Large tears to the last page attached to the back wood cover. The rest of the pages are attached as an accordion fold out. Foxing and stains, but legible and nice vibrancy to pigments in illustrations.

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