The Chinese Papier Mache Dolls

From one collector I got three interesting items, two paintings on tiles done by an artist called Joyce Melling (she passed away several years ago) and a pair of Chinese papier mache dolls (a mother and her daughter, the baby girl is attached to the body of the mother).

The painting was done in water colour and you can see the resemblance of the two faces. The strong bond and love between a mother and her daughter is shown here.

It has been years since my mum passed away and now I am in a far away land called Australia but the sweet memories stay. Not a single day I live without the memory of her.

Paper was invented in China around 105 CE by T'sai-Lin, a courtier from Lei-Yang. Although the word 'paper' derived from 'papyrus', this early paper was not a papyrus product.