THE GREAT QING DYNASTY COMPLETE MAP OF ALL UNDER HEAVEN
AFTER HUANG QIANREN (1694-1771), GUANGXU PERIOD
£20,000
Auction: Japanese Works of Art
Description
woodcut print, divided into eight scrolls of equal size, depicting China's administrative divisions and boundaries, with inscriptions on the left and right borders highlighting among others the unprecedented size of Chinese territory under the rule of the Qing dynasty
Dimensions
130cm high, 232cm wide
Footnote
Provenance:
The collection of Admiral William Heriot Maitland-Dougall (1819-1890), who served in the China station of the Royal Navy as a lieutenant. Thence by family descent.