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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A RARE MAP OF CHINA
QING DYNASTY, DATED QIANLONG 32ND YEAR (1767) AND OF THE PERIOD
Details
A RARE MAP OF CHINA
QING DYNASTY, DATED QIANLONG 32ND YEAR (1767) AND OF THE PERIOD
Ink and colour on paper, entitled Daqing Wannian Yitong Tianxia Quantu (A map of the entire unified land beneath heaven), meticulously labelled with sea and land routes of the period, various interesting details including the Great Wall and frontier fortresses along the north, also with Holland, the Atlantic Ocean and the Middle (Islamic) East indicated by islands to the left
44 1/8 in. (112 cm.) wide, mounted
QING DYNASTY, DATED QIANLONG 32ND YEAR (1767) AND OF THE PERIOD
Ink and colour on paper, entitled Daqing Wannian Yitong Tianxia Quantu (A map of the entire unified land beneath heaven), meticulously labelled with sea and land routes of the period, various interesting details including the Great Wall and frontier fortresses along the north, also with Holland, the Atlantic Ocean and the Middle (Islamic) East indicated by islands to the left
44 1/8 in. (112 cm.) wide, mounted
Provenance
Previously sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 13 January 1987, lot 401
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Aster Ng