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Auction 146, Lot 682

"Provinciarum Persicarum Kilaniae Nempe Chirvaniae Dagestaniae...", Homann, Johann Baptist

Subject: Caspian Sea

Period: 1728 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.9 x 19.3 inches
58.2 x 49 cm
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A variety of ships sail the Caspian Sea on this very decorative map of the southern part of the Caucasus and Turkmenistan. A fine view of the city of Baku (the former Tereki) is inset in a decorative cartouche at upper right. The sheet is further embellished in Homann's bold style with a large title cartouche that features a nomadic encampment with colorful figures, a camel and horsemen, and a vine-draped distance scale cartouche.

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Condition: A

A bright, clean example on watermarked paper with a dark impression. There is faint toning along centerfold and a few minute worm holes only visible when held to light.

Estimate: $400 - $500

Sold for: $425

Closed on 9/4/2013

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