Sketches of Confucius with Illustrations.

£450 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

The illustrations are based on a series of paintings illustrating the life of Confucius (title: Shengji tu [Illustrations of holy Traces]) that Wang Zhenpeng (aka Guyun) painted during the Yuan dynasty. These were enlarged to 103 scenes for a woodblock printed version of this title during the Ming dynasty (1591) of which this is a reduced version.

• Binding: Hardcover

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