18th Nov, 2020 12:00

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  Lot 322
 

YU ZHIZHI TU [Silk Culture and Manufacture].

YU ZHIZHI TU [Silk Culture and Manufacture].

Qing Dynasty, Guangxu wunian, 1879.

Shanghai, Dianshizhai Press, photolithographically printed, two volumes, traditional thread binding with green silk covers, illustrations throughout, text in Chinese, English and French, 27 x 17cm. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Walter Coote F.R.G.S. (1853-1889).

清光緒五年《御製織圖》兩冊

來源:沃尔特·库特F.R.G.S.收藏。

This is the first lithographic version of the famous Yuzhi Gengzhi Tu [Pictures of Tilling and Weaving], originally commissioned by the Kangxi Emperor in 1696.

Sold for £375

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