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Auction 121, Lot 748

"Coylang", Kip, Johannes

Subject: India

Period: 1682 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13.6 x 10.8 inches
34.5 x 27.4 cm
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A handsome engraving the Portuguese colony of Coylang on the Malabar coast under attack by the Dutch during the 16th-17th century struggle for empire between the two countries. The local inhabitants are fishing off the bank in the foreground.

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Condition: A

A nice impression on a sheet that has been slightly trimmed, but still with ample margin for framing.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $200

Closed on 9/26/2007

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