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A hand-drawn and coloured map of the old city of Shanghai, 19th…
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Auction House:
Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
28-Nov-2017
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Description:
A hand-drawn and coloured map of the old city of Shanghai, 19th century, ink and pigments on paper, 27.5 x 38 cm, Note: This map shows the Old city of Shanghai as it was in 1555, its boundary defined by a defensive wall 4.8 kilometres around, a moat and nine gates (six land, three water gates). The wall was demolished in 1912 soon after the Republican revolution of 1911. The water way on the right side of the map is the Huangpu river still flowing through the city of Shanghai today, a tributary of the Yangtze River. The Bund is located along the Huangpu River., A similar map published in 1817 is in the collection of the C. Y. Tung Maritime Museum in Shanghai.
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Category:
Art: Watercolours, Other Works on Paper