Box 3 of 4 Chinese Paper Cuttings

Name/Title

Box 3 of 4 Chinese Paper Cuttings

Description

Box 3 of 4 filled with six envelopes containing paper cutouts of various Chinese Arts and Motifs Box contains: 1983-T01-277-289 1983-T01-290-297 1983-T01-298-308 1983-T01-309-323 1983-T01-324-329 1983-T01-330-335

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.