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Auction 175, Lot 587

"Description d'un des Plus Fameux Temples des Chinois, avec Leurs Principales Idoles Telles que la Figure...", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: China, Religion

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Historique

Color: Black & White

Size:
17 x 14.7 inches
43.2 x 37.3 cm
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An interesting folio sheet with three engravings illustrating Chinese religion. The central panel is of a pagoda in the Province of Fokien, which is flanked by two drawings of Chinese divinities. French text below.

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Condition: A

A crisp impression on a sheet with a Strasbourg bend and lily watermark and some light printer's ink residue.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $75

Closed on 11/13/2019

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