CHINESE ALBUM OF EIGHTEEN 'SHOP SIGN' PAINTINGS

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CHINESE ALBUM OF EIGHTEEN 'SHOP SIGN' PAINTINGS BY ZHOU QILIANG (AC. LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIOD) 周其亮 招幌圖 設色紙本 冊頁十二幀gouache on paper, each page depicting various designs of shop signs with Chinese inscriptions and later in English, including businesses for scroll maker, portrait painter, saddler, wine merchant, whip maker and so on, with two seals of Zhou Qiliang's workshop 24.2cm x 31.7cm x 0.5cm Zhou Qiliang was the son of Zhou Peichun, a well-known Chinese export painter of the late Qing dynasty. The works of both father and son were popular folk paintings that sold well overseas at the time. See a similar album painted by Zhou Qiliang, sold at Bonhams Melbourne, 22 March 2015, part lot 362.

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