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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 567

TWO PH OTOGRAPH ALBUMS OF MISSION PELLIOT, EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY
Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD

TWO PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS OF MISSION PELLIOT
EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY
二十世紀初 伯希和東方考察相集兩冊

each album comprising black and white photographs documenting paintings and works of art Paul Pelliot encountered in Nanjing
and Wuxi during his expedition to China between 1906-1908, each photograph numbered and accompanied with a caption, bound
together between board covers, the front covers labeled 'Mission Pelliot Peintures 1 à 150' and 'Mission Pelliot Peintures 151 à 276'
respectively (2)

包括其1906至1908年之間於南京及無錫考察所見青銅器、佛教造像及書畫等照片

Height 12⅜ in., 31.5 cm ; Width 19⅝ in., 49.8 cm

Provenance
Collection of Paul Pelliot (1878-1945).
Collection of Adrien Maissonneuve (1897-1968), and thence by descent.

來源
伯希和（1878-1945）收藏
阿德里安•麥松納沃（1897-1968）收藏，此後家族傳承

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