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A print of map over the Summer Palace, Qing dynasty.

Estimate
6 000 - 8 000 SEK
566 - 755 EUR
647 - 863 USD
Hammer price
4 000 SEK
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Purchasing info
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
A print of map over the Summer Palace, Qing dynasty.

Depicting a view of the Yihe Yuan or Summer Palace, the perspective taken looking to the West showing Kunming Lake with the Island of the Dragon King and the Seventeen-Arch Bridge on the left, the right hand side depicting the Longevity Hill with the Palace complex dominated by the octagonal Tower of Buddhist Incense, the foreground with the well-known massive bronze sculpture of an ox, the middle background with the Jade Spring Hill with the seven-tiered pagoda and further buildings, before the Western Hills. Image 53,5 x 77,5 cm.

Not examined out of frame. Yellowed.

Provenance

From the collection of Swedish telegraph operator Andreas Hansen Eriksen (1869-1953). He was stationed for GN Nord in Shanghai in 1897 and as manager 1901-1913, after which he worked for the Chinese authorities until 1927, thence by descent within the family.