Box 1 of 4 Chinese Paper Cuttings

Name/Title

Box 1 of 4 Chinese Paper Cuttings

Description

Box 1 of 4 filled with six envelopes containing paper cutouts of various Chinese Arts and Motifs This box contains: 1983-T01-071-083 1983-T01-084-097 1983-T01-098-109 1983-T01-110-112 1983-T01-113-125 1983-T01-126-164

Context

Paper cutting was an extremely popular practice in China. Typically, pieces were made on red paper. It was originally popularized in the Han Dynasty, and became extremely widespread by the Ming dyansty.