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Opera-Scene Print: Three Characters in Outlaws of the Marsh: Guan Sheng, Xu Ning and Huyan Zhuo

Opera-Scene Print: Three Characters in Outlaws of the Marsh: Guan Sheng, Xu Ning and Huyan Zhuo

Chinese

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of character names from right to left: "Da Dao Guan Sheng" ("Guan Sheng the Big Halberd"), "Jin Qiang Shou Xu Ning" ("Xu Ning the Metal Lancer") and "Shuang Bian" ("Two Rods": nickname of Huyan Zhuo). Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.

Qing dynasty, 1644-1911

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