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Anonymous, Foreign envoy with tribute bearers — 清十七/十八世紀 朝貢圖 設色絹本 手卷
Anonymous, Foreign envoy with tribute bearers

清十七/十八世紀 朝貢圖 設色絹本 手卷

This Chinese handscroll from the 17th-18th century depicts a foreign envoy with tribute bearers, rendered in ink and color on silk. The work represents an important historical genre documenting diplomatic exchanges during the Qing dynasty.

Medium
handscroll, ink and colour on silk

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Two Americans in Paris, The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers

November 4, 2021

Estimate: $5,000$8,000

Lot 378

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Anonymous, Foreign envoy with tribute bearers, 清十七/十八世紀 朝貢圖 設色絹本 手卷

This Chinese handscroll from the 17th-18th century depicts a foreign envoy with tribute bearers, rendered in ink and color on silk. The work represents an important historical genre documenting diplomatic exchanges during the Qing dynasty.

Medium
handscroll, ink and colour on silk
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Diplomatic, Gold, Figures, Historical, Ink And Silk, Narrative, Handscroll, 18th Century, Chinese, Figurative