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Lot 175W

Praising of Li Hongzhang
20th century

13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Praising of Li Hongzhang

20th century
Ink and colour on paper, the inscription praising the dignitary (1823-1901) for his work, and noting his title, Grand Secretariat, the Viceroy of Zhili, at seventy years of age, dated to the 5th day of the first month of the 18th year of Guangxu, corresponding to 1893, with one seal of the Empress Dowager Cixi, all enclosed by a border of five-clawed dragons, framed.
245.4cm x 92.3cm (96½in x 36¼).

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