Scene Of An Opium Den Carved In Wood (1930's)

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Scene Of An Opium Den Carved In Wood (1930's)

Made by the residents of the T’ou-Sé-Wé orphanage, run by French Jesuit missionaries in Shanghai, these figurines immortalizing many scenes of daily Chinese life in the 1930s were the subject of a public exhibition and a book in 2014 (see last two photos).

Réf. :
C. Henriot & I. Macaux, 2014 : Scènes de la vie en Chine. Les figurines en bois de T'ou-Sé-Wè,
p. 220.
Ferry Bertholet, 2007 : Art et histoire d'un rituel perdu, p. 185.

230 €