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Here we have an Antique Vintage Accordion Art Book with hand painted silk panels, made in China probably in the first half of 1900s.

This is an accordion page book, perhaps intended as an imitation of a scroll painting, containing texts and illustrations of ten characters of fame and repute from Chinese history. The title page reads :

"The Braves and the Fair Men of Letters and Women of Fame of Old China"

There is no author stated and the book is undated, although similar examples are usually ascribed to the Edwardian  period.

Each of the ten characters are described in a double page spread, the right hand containing texts in both Chinese and English and the left hand with hand coloured illustrations on silk , delicately rendered. The book 'works' from right to left and the reverses of the pages are left blank. At each end are Solid Wood boards, the front board with Engraved Chinese Ideogram inscription,of which I ignore the meaning.

NOTE : these are genuine Hand Painted Artworks,and NOT Print.

The Book and the Painted Sections are in overall good aesthetic conditions commensurate with age.

Marks and scuffs here and there.

Approx Measures: 14,8cm by 21cm when folded

Approx Weight Unpacked : 300 grams

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