Name: IMPERIAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA / A PRINTED RIVERS AND PEAKS BY WANG HUI / A PRINTED SET OF RUBBINGS
Brand: 20TH CENTURY
Price: 9500.00 HKD
Availability: SoldOut

Imperial Encyclopaedia:
"The Seasons, Calendrics,” slim volumes, 20 vols., with one custom-made wooden box and one nylon wrap.

A Printed Landscape of Wang Hui’s Rivers and Peaks:
Published by Otsuka Kogeisha, Tokyo
Large format, containing a brief biography of Wang Hui in Japanese, with one cloth case.

A Printed Set of Rubbing:
Published by Youzheng Book Store, Shanghai
Collotype plates on handmade paper. Large format, slim volumes, 3 vols., wooden cover.

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Lot Essay

Imperial Encyclopaedia is the existing vast category book in China which was the edited by scholar Chen Menglei (1650-1741) and Jiang Tingxi (1669-1732) during the reigns of Qing Dynasty emperors Kangxi and Yongzheng. Topics covered included natural phenomena, geography, history, literature, and government.

This collection was built up by a private Japanese collector during the early 20th Century. Fifteen lots of Chinese classical paintings and calligraphy (Lots 1012-1026) will be offered in the Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, and four lots of modern works (Lots 1455-1458) will be offered in our Fine Chinese Modern Paintings sale on 27 November 2018.