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Auction 175, Lot 588
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"Habillemens d'Hommes & de Femmes de Diverses Provinces de la Chine avec un des Plus Beaux Monumens de ce Pais-La", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: China, Natives

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Historique

Color: Black & White

Size:
16.9 x 14.6 inches
42.9 x 37.1 cm
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This visually striking engraved folio sheet features a large and nicely drawn view of a bridge in Xensi Province enclosed in a very decorative picture-frame style border. The view is surrounded below and at the sides with eleven vignettes showing the people of the various provinces of China.

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Condition: B+

A dark impression on a sheet with a Strasbourg bend and lily watermark. There is a centerfold separation that enters 1.5" into the image at top that has been closed on verso with archival tape.

Estimate: $180 - $220

Sold for: $110

Closed on 11/13/2019

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