This is a typical Chinese market in old Chinatown, right here in America. In a market like this, one could find the ingredients for the same food they ate in China and prepare it in exactly the same way, says artist Mian Situ. The market looked very similar to those in my childhood hometown in Southern China, where I was often sent on errands, so this painting was inspired by both personal childhood memories and late-19th century photographs of San Francisco.

There's no better time than right now to begin collecting Mian Situ's Fine Art Limited Editions. Art of the West magazine recently designated Situ one of the 8 True Masters of today's Western art world. The original painting of Chinatown Market, San Francisco, 1878 sold for $179,200 at the 2007 Auction, nearly $90,000 above the highest estimated price. This exquisite Fine Art Limited Edition, signed by Mian Situ, and in an edition of only 50, is sure to quickly disappear.

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