Xigu Town

Sold
$ 6 250
Auction date Classic
15.10.2021 00:00 UTC +00:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 627579
Lot 89 | Xigu Town
Xigucheng Tu [Map of Xigu Town. China, Qing dynasty, 1644-1912].

Manuscript map of the town of Xigu in Hebei province. A very handsome and colorful map of this settlement, set amongst fir trees and mountains.

Manuscript map of Xigu Town, Hebei Province, ink and color on rice paper, approximately 470 x 685 mm, folded to 245 x 120 mm. Title and place names written on red pasted labels, texts in Chinese; a large official seal is stamped below the title strip. Routes represented by red dotted lines; the map is divided into upper and lower halves by the meandering White Dragon River crossing the paper horizontally; the section below the river is painted upside down. The verso of green ground, the front cover is the leaf on top when folded, red title strip pasted in the middle, with a large official seal with seal scripts stamped at the bottom. (A few small holes, mostly along folds, some sunning to both sides, some other minor fold wear).
Please note that this lot is subject to an import tariff. If the buyer instructs Christie’s to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address, the buyer will not be required to pay the import tariff. If the buyer instructs Christie’s to arrange shipping of the lot to a domestic address, if the buyer collects the property in person, or if the buyer arranges their own shipping (whether domestically or internationally), the buyer will be required to pay the import tariff. Please contact Post Sale Services on +1 212 636 2650 prior to bidding for more information.
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
Preview
01.10.2021 – 15.10.2021
Phone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Email
Buyer Premium see on Website
Conditions of purchase Conditions of purchase

More from Creator

Antiquities of Mexico
Antiquities of Mexico
$16 000
Verbiest's world map
Verbiest's world map
$12 000
A previously unknown invoice for furnishings
A previously unknown invoice for furnishings
$2 800
Iliad, in Latin
Iliad, in Latin
$1 500
New York City commissions a painting of Washington
New York City commissions a painting of Washington
$100
The East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere
The East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere
$1 000
Inscriptiones sacrosanctae vetustatis
Inscriptiones sacrosanctae vetustatis
$1 200
Huguan County, Lu’an Prefecture, Shanxi Province
Huguan County, Lu’an Prefecture, Shanxi Province
$1 600

Related terms