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A book by Osvald Siren, 'The Imperial Palaces of Peking'. Paris and Brussels, G. van Oest, MCMXXVI.
Hammer price
6 500SEK
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK

274 plates in collotype after photographs by the author, twelve architectural drawings and two maps, with a short historical account.

Sold as is.

Provenance

The work is the fruit of Osvald Sirens stay in Beijing in 1922, when he had the possibility to photograph, study and make maps of the Forbidden City.

For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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