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Auction 107, Lot 578

"Makou, Ville de la Chine", Aa, Pieter van der

Subject: China

Period: 1710 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.5 x 7.5 inches
29.2 x 19.1 cm
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Fine view of the Portuguese colony of Macao from a seaward prospective. Originally published to accompany the account of Johann Nieuhoff's Dutch embassy to China, this is a later re-engraving by Pieter van der Aa. The scene illustrates the colony under attack by a Dutch fleet. Ships are shown in the harbor firing at the town, with a hillside fort in background responding.

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Condition: A+

Fine with very large margins.

Estimate: $400 - $450

Sold for: $425

Closed on 6/9/2004

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