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418 - China.- He Shikui (賀世魁, also known as Huanwen) Three plates from: Pingding Huijiang Desheng Tu (Images of the reconquest of East Turkestan), engravings, 3 plates only (of 10), on handmade Chinese laid paper, each image approx. 530 x 905 mm (20 3/4 x 35 5/8 in), under glass, some marginal nicks and small losses, handling creases, printers' creases, uniformly framed, [Beijing, 1829] (3)
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China.- He Shikui (賀世魁, also known as Huanwen) Three plates from: Pingding Huijiang Desheng Tu (Images of the reconquest of East Turkestan), engravings, 3 plates only (of 10), on handmade Chinese laid paper, each image approx. 530 x 905 mm (20 3/4 x 35 5/8 in), under glass, some marginal nicks and small losses, handling creases, printers' creases, uniformly framed, [Beijing, 1829] (3) Provenance: Private collection, Dorset, UK *** Scarce at auction. Three plates from a larger series of 10, commissioned by Emperor Daoguang (1782-1850, r.1820–1850) to commemorate his victory of the second campaign in Kashgar against the rebel Jahangir Khoja during the years 1826–1835. The present engravings formed part of the series that was entirely produced in China; only sixty sets were printed for presentation to princes and high officials.
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