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Opera-Scene Print: The Capture of Fang La, a Scene from Outlaws of the Marsh

Opera-Scene Print: The Capture of Fang La, a Scene from Outlaws of the Marsh

Chinese

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of title "Qin Fang La" ("The Capture of Fang La"), and character names from right to left: "Fang La", "Mu Da Chong: Gu Da Sao" ("Gu the Tigress") and "Mu Ye Cha: Sun Er Niang" ("Sun the Witch"), also the print shop name: "Da Shun Hua Dian" ("Da Shun Print Shop"). Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.

Qing dynasty, 1644-1911

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