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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 4417525, member: 56&quot;]Idle guess is late 19th C., could be as early as the 1880s, I doubt that they would be later than the very early 1900s.</p><p><br /></p><p>That background decoration doesn&#039;t look Japanese, but the inclusion of asymmetrical elements could be left over from Japonism, just as the costumes might be an echo of Orientalism.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t trust these photos, but a detail like this suggests these may be chromolithographs:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]376277[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>That sort of speckled toning can be an indication of chromolithography.&nbsp; You want to take a good close look with a magnifying glass, but again: you&#039;re the one with the hands-on access and whether you believe them to be paintings or not is your call.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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