Antique Print of the Welcoming of the Dutch Ambassador near Peking, China, 1673

€ 290

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Date: 1673
Sheet size: 31.5 × 40 cm (12.4 × 15.7 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-13133-2

Condition

Repaired. Wear consistent with age and use. General age-related toning. Image is professionally restored with backing paper. Blank verso. Please study image carefully.

About this sheet

Antique print titled ' The Welcoming dor by the Lipu half an hower without the Towne Pecking / Welkomst door de Lipu een half uur buijten / Pecking'. A depiction of the welcoming of the Dutch ambassador by the Chinese near Beijing (Peking) city. Originates from Johannes Nieuhof's 'Embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China'. Published circa 1673.