Four Hand-Coloured Copper-plate Etchings from the Conquest of China

by Qianlong

$100,000 · Offered by Ursus Books

QIANLONG , EMPEROR OF CHINA (1736-1796). Suite of four engravings depicting the conquests of the Qianlong Emperor . From the suite of sixteen engraved plates. Printed in Paris under the direction of Charles-Nicholas Cochin. Broadsheets, image size: 515 x 890 mm. Preserved in the contemporary French green paper mounts with black ink.....

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