01-23-201501-24-2015
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
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January 23, 2015 12:00 PMCalender
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After Lang Shining, called Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian, 1688-1766) Palaces Pavilions and Gardens Created by Giuseppe Castiglione in t

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Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2778BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 23, 2015 12:00PM

Description:

After Lang Shining, called Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian, 1688-1766)

Palaces Pavilions and Gardens Created by Giuseppe Castiglione in the Imperial Grounds of Yuan Ming Yuan at the Summer Palace in Pekin/Sixteen of the Twenty Plates, published in 1977 by Jardin de Flore, Paris, total edition of 275. Identified and numbered "88" on the colophon. Engravings in Rives paper, sheet sizes 23 3/4 x 37 3/8 in. (59.5 x 94.8 cm),all sheets loose in publisher's gold-stamped cloth case, four preliminary leaves and sixteen of twenty full-page plates.
Condition: Deckled edges, several with minor handling creases.
Estimate $2,000-3,000


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Keywords

Giuseppe Castiglione, Summer Palace, Ming Yuan, Yuan Ming, Paris