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24 SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK 20 MARCH 2018 MING: LUMINOUS DAWN OF EMPIRE

!"$ PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN
PRIVATE COLLECTION
‘DAMING RENXIAO HUANGHOU
QUANSHANSHU’ BY EMPRESS RENXIAO
DATED 9TH DAY OF THE 2ND MONTH OF
THE 3RD YEAR OF THE YONGLE REIGN,
CORRESPONDING TO 9TH MARCH 1405

woodblock-printed, published in 1407, comprising six chapters divided
into three volumes each secured with stitch binding, the covers of
yellow paper, each side of the folio pages printed in clerical script with
14 columns and 28 characters per column, the preface printed in a
larger, more calligraphic font with 8 columns per page and 17 characters
per column, punctuation in the text indicated by small superscript
circles sometimes highlighted in red pigment, a large square seal of the
Empress reading Houzai zhi ji (written to convey profundity) impressed
in red on the " nal page of the preface and the " rst page of each chapter,
enclosed in a custom paper-board case bound in red fabric and covered
with celadon-blue paper printed with crimson bouquets and a further
leather-bound outer case lined with yellow silk, enclosed with three
letters written by diplomats dated between 1888 and 1927 (8)

13¾ by 8⅝ in., 34.9 by 21.9 cm
PROVENANCE
European Private Collection, acquired in Beijing prior to 1888.
Francis Edwards Ltd., London, 1965.
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Francis Edwards Ltd dࡐ౱d1965ϋ

$ 20,000-30,000