Lot 199 D α

Six double pages. Late Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Auction 1061 - overview Cologne
04.12.2015, 14:00 - Asian Art II - Chinese Paintings, Decorative Arts, Porcelain and Ceramics
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 992 € (incl. premium)

Six double pages. Late Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

a) Four double pages depicting court scenes and accompanying text from the Daoist book "Zitong dijun huashu" or "Wenchang huashu" ("Book of Transformations of the Divine Lord of Zitong"/"Transformations of Wenchang"). Ink, colour and gold on paper. 26.8 x 26.8 cm. b) Two double-pages with coloured woodblock prints depicting the annotated illustrations of the imperially commissioned eighteenth-century edition "Qinding shujing tu shuo" ("Authentic Pictorial Illustrations of the Book of History"). 23.5 x 31.8 cm. Late Qing dynasty. (6)