A Rare Complete Set of Five Southern Chinese 'Monkey King' Polychrome Decorated Wood & Gesso Folk Art Puppet Heads sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and now…

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the section is magnificently tactile with a smooth finish and the colour and patination very apparent making this an excellent example

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A Rare Complete Set of Five Southern Chinese 'Monkey King' Polychrome Decorated Wood & Gesso Folk Art Puppet Heads sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and now…Origin: 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