Album of Ink Rubbings, Yu Ti Mian Hua Tu

Description:

Album of Ink Rubbings, Yu Ti Mian Hua Tu, China, late Qing/early Republican period, Illustrations of Cotton [Cultivation and Manufacture] with Imperial Inscriptions, compiled by Fang Guancheng (1696-1768) with rubbings of texts and calligraphy by the Qianlong emperor, twenty-one accordion-fold pages illustrating sixteen stages of the cotton cultivation process, wood covers, early export approval seal on first page, 14 7/8 x 14 7/8 in.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

a repaired crack on the back cover, rubbings in good condition with minor holes, tears, and creases.


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