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Qing Dynasty or later
Sichuan Provincial Museum, Chengdu
These elaborate shadow puppets are made of delicately cut and painted, thin, translucent leather hides. According to the museum label, they were used for a particular kind of shadow-puppet show that originated in Chengdu during the Qianlong period (1736-1795) of the Qing dynasty.
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