Chinese Folk Art [001] Paper Cutting (001)

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Title Chinese Folk Art [001] Paper Cutting (001)
Photo Number Box 62, Special Lecture Chinese Painting Origin and Development, 40
Description Photograph of Chinese paper cutting
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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
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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
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