| Title |
Chinese Folk Art [001] Paper Cutting (001) |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 62, Special Lecture Chinese Painting Origin and Development, 40 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1973 |
| Subject |
Folk art--Photographs; Paper work--Photographs; Fishes--Art; China; Art; Folk art; Fishes |
| Keywords |
Chinese culture; Arts and Crafts; Arts & Crafts; Displays |
| Description |
Photograph of Chinese paper cutting |
| Caption on Slide |
Chinese paper cutting, fish, "yu" = abundance (same sound, meaning a wish for abundance). |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Fish are an important motif in Chinese mythology...The word for "fish", yu is a homophone for "abundance"..."--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Fish Yu Abundance=same sound hence meaning a wish for abundance Chin.paper cuts pre-1948 coll. Alfred Kuelin and Lit." |
| Type |
Image |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6qz2tt4 |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
339058 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qz2tt4 |
