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           A GROUP OF RONGBAOZHAI WRITING PAPER
           Republic period                                   Rongbaozhai is a famous stationary, Chinese painting and calligraphy
           Fine woodblock color printed writing paper published by Beijing   shop in Beijing founded in the Qing dynasty. In the early 20th century,
           Rongbaozhai, with various subjects such as bird and flower and   Rongbaozhai invited artists, such as Zhang Daqian, Qi Baishi,
           figures, including two sets of Daqian jushi huahui shijian, with original   and Chen Shizeng, to provide designs for decorative letter paper.
           boxes.(15)                                        The artisans then applied traditional Chinese woodblock printing
           The largest 11 7/8 x 8 1/4in (30 x 21cm)          techniques to create this elegant writing paper featuring the work of
                                                             the most popular painters of the day.
           $2,000 - 3,000
           民國 北平榮寶齋信箋一組











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