| Original Message: Limited edition of the shop sign book; however... |
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the plate with the glass bead sign does not appear to be on the Internet. Karlis, did you obtain a copy of the plate from the Harvard Library? 1) Sotheby's copy: [Fung, H.K.] THE SHOP SIGNS OF PEKING (YANDU SHANGBANG TU). PEKING: CHINESE PAINTING ASSOCIATION OF PEKING, [1931] LIMITED EDITION, ONE OF 100 COPIES, oblong folio (250 x 310mm.), 101 fine hand-coloured illustrations on 18 leaves with English and Chinese captions, original cloth-backed brocade boards, paper label, string tied, offsetting of silver paint oils to adjacent leaves, light wear to binding with light bowing to top edges... http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.197.html/2016/china-print-paper-l16409 2) Harvard copy: https://www.google.com/search?q=THE+SHOP+SIGNS+OF+PEKING(YANDU+SHANGBANG+TU).+PEKING:+CHINESE+PAINTING+ASSOCIATION+OF+PEKING,&rlz=1T4ADFA_enUS460US460&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjljqOa99XYAhVicd8KHZqEB5EQ_AUICigB&biw=1120&bih=566&dpr=1.5#imgrc=pvk1gXHLg_ZgRM:&spf=1515880570415 A note, the sign in the colored plate is labeled "glass bead" sign. I wonder if only glass beads were sold in the shop or the label refers to the glass beads used in the sign. Seems likely to be the former. I found a few auction catalogs from the 1920s-30s containing court necklaces (no pictures, though). This suggests that some necklaces composed of the more precious beads were collected in the early Republic? All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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