One of set of twelve miniature rice paper paintings
Artist
CANTON
Location where collectedGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
MediumPaper
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of J.T. Cowles
Object number1983.13.9A
DescriptionOne of twelve miniature rice paintings depicting young boys, old men, gongs, smoking pipes, etc.; housed in small cardboard box with a clear top. Back is inscribed "John Todd Cowles/ 100 Ledge Road/ Burlington VT/ From/ Miss Brownell/ 12/25/21." Added in a different hand is "From CHINA." Box also includes a tiny replica of the Chinese flag and a piece from a typed letter describing the design and symbolism of the flag. "A" is the only card that is labeled and depicts a standing figure hitting a gong hung from a stand.On View
Not on viewCollections
c. 1900
China
MELANESIA/INDONESIA
not after 1918