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Xigu Town

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Xigucheng Tu [Map of Xigu Town. China, Qing dynasty, 1644-1912].
Manuscript map of the town of Xigu in Hebei province. A very handsome and colorful map of this settlement, set amongst fir trees and mountains.
Manuscript map of Xigu Town, Hebei Province, ink and color on rice paper, approximately 470 x 685 mm, folded to 245 x 120 mm. Title and place names written on red pasted labels, texts in Chinese; a large official seal is stamped below the title strip. Routes represented by red dotted lines; the map is divided into upper and lower halves by the meandering White Dragon River crossing the paper horizontally; the section below the river is painted upside down. The verso of green ground, the front cover is the leaf on top when folded, red title strip pasted in the middle, with a large official seal with seal scripts stamped at the bottom. (A few small holes, mostly along folds, some sunning to both sides, some other minor fold wear).
Please note that this lot is subject to an import tariff. If the buyer instructs Christie’s to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address, the buyer will not be required to pay the import tariff. If the buyer instructs Christie’s to arrange shipping of the lot to a domestic address, if the buyer collects the property in person, or if the buyer arranges their own shipping (whether domestically or internationally), the buyer will be required to pay the import tariff. Please contact Post Sale Services on +1 212 636 2650 prior to bidding for more information.

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Xigucheng Tu [Map of Xigu Town. China, Qing dynasty, 1644-1912].
Manuscript map of the town of Xigu in Hebei province. A very handsome and colorful map of this settlement, set amongst fir trees and mountains.
Manuscript map of Xigu Town, Hebei Province, ink and color on rice paper, approximately 470 x 685 mm, folded to 245 x 120 mm. Title and place names written on red pasted labels, texts in Chinese; a large official seal is stamped below the title strip. Routes represented by red dotted lines; the map is divided into upper and lower halves by the meandering White Dragon River crossing the paper horizontally; the section below the river is painted upside down. The verso of green ground, the front cover is the leaf on top when folded, red title strip pasted in the middle, with a large official seal with seal scripts stamped at the bottom. (A few small holes, mostly along folds, some sunning to both sides, some other minor fold wear).
Please note that this lot is subject to an import tariff. If the buyer instructs Christie’s to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address, the buyer will not be required to pay the import tariff. If the buyer instructs Christie’s to arrange shipping of the lot to a domestic address, if the buyer collects the property in person, or if the buyer arranges their own shipping (whether domestically or internationally), the buyer will be required to pay the import tariff. Please contact Post Sale Services on +1 212 636 2650 prior to bidding for more information.

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