Posted 14 years ago
judykahooti
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I bought 7 of these at the local flea market. They are approx. 5" x 7". Very unusual paper...could it be rice paper that feels and dents like a very thin foam core. Were these painted for the tourist trade? I had a set of similar syle of painting that came in a fancy box with about 15 small miniature paintings. These are larger. Can you tell me anything about them?
They are wonderful. I have them on ebay this week and I would love to put more information about them. Look under seller name judykahooti to see all of them.
JudyKahooti
They are pith paper paintings from Guangzhou. 19th c. made for export.
https://harvardmagazine.com/2009/03/pith-paper