Papercut
1980 (made)
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White paper coloured black on the upper surface, the figures cut to resemble shadow puppets and depicting a scene from the Shaanxi opera "Second Time Prunus".
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Paper with slightly textured surface, glossy finish, coloured with ink on the upper surface, and knife cut |
| Brief description | Papercut depicting a scene from the Shaanxi opera "Second Time Prunus", Qixian, 1980 |
| Physical description | White paper coloured black on the upper surface, the figures cut to resemble shadow puppets and depicting a scene from the Shaanxi opera "Second Time Prunus". |
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| Bibliographic reference | Bottomley, Ruth Chinese Papercuts. Singapore and London: Sun Tree Publishing Limited, 1994. 159p., ill. ISBN 9810044100. |
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| Accession number | FE.91-1992 |
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| Record created | February 25, 2003 |
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