A Rare Complete Set of Five Southern Chinese 'Monkey King' Polychrome Decorated Wood & Gesso Folk Art Puppet Heads sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Numbered 7/15 and signed by

Numbered 7/15 and signed by the artist in pencil this black and white aquatint print shows a couple frolicking happily amidst flowers and trees with the family cat in tow

The well patinated mahogany box with ebony stringing

flanked by the tarantula pattern with an outer lozenge motif border

1926) or perhaps

marked and signed verso “Poland

A Rare Complete Set of Five Southern Chinese 'Monkey King' Polychrome Decorated Wood & Gesso Folk Art Puppet Heads sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Numbered 7/15 and signed byOrigin: Chinese Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 20 Typical Size: Length: 12 inches, Width: 3. 5 inches, Depth: 4 inches Other measurements available on request Likely hailing from Quanzhou of Fujian Province, China, the gesseod and polychrome decorated wooden puppets each depicting a head from the Legend of the Monkey King; Sun Wu Kong (Monkey King), Tang San Zang (Monk of Tang), Zhu Ba Jie (Pig Demon), Sha Wu Jing