A Rare Complete Set of Five Southern Chinese 'Monkey King' Polychrome Decorated Wood & Gesso Folk Art Puppet Heads sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles the silver plated hammer with

the silver plated hammer with weighted head and clearly marked neck stamp

his hair tinged with a hint of chestnut remaining in wonderful condition today

The well patinated mahogany box with ebony stringing

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

flanked by the tarantula pattern with an outer lozenge motif border

A Rare Complete Set of Five Southern Chinese 'Monkey King' Polychrome Decorated Wood & Gesso Folk Art Puppet Heads sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles the silver plated hammer withOrigin: 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