Shakespeare, William. Jian'an and Ouning Counties - photo 1
Shakespeare, William. Jian'an and Ouning Counties - photo 1

Jian'an and Ouning Counties

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Auction dateClassic
15.10.2021 00:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 627578
Lot 88 | Jian'an and Ouning Counties
Jian'an Ouning Liang Xian Diyu Tu [Map of Jian'an and Ouning Counties]. China, Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.

Woodblock map of Jian’an and Ouning counties, Fujian Province, ink printed on pink paper, 550 x 750 mm folded 275 x 190 mm, backed with red paper. Verso with pink ground and recto with red ground and pink upper border, a red title slip on the front cover with the title written in ink. On verso, title at the top and two vertical inscriptions flanking the map in the center. The counties, villages, rivers, mountains and place names all printed in ink, 21 red labels with calligraphic texts indicating the jurisdiction scope of the two counties. (13 manuscript labels deatched and in a separate bag, an ink mark at the lower right corner; corners and margins slightly torn, with surface abrasions and tears at folds; ground color slightly fading, especially the upper right corner.)
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Artist:William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Applied technique:Pencil
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