Zeduan Zhang - 1 volume in-4° Chinese binding, large folding - Lot 223

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Zeduan Zhang - 1 volume in-4° Chinese binding, large folding - Lot 223
Zeduan Zhang - 1 volume in-4° Chinese binding, large folding fresco in colors protected by two canvas boards (circa 1900). Printed on cloth lined with paper, in the manner of an interlining. 20 sheets. The first and the last one are laminated on the binding's cardboards, the others unfold to form a 4 meters fresco. Reproduction of the famous fresco of Zhang Zeduan. Qingming Day by the River or "Along the River during the Qingming Festival" by Zhang Zeduan of the Sui Dynasty is the oldest traditional style landscape preserved in the Imperial Palace Museum in Beijing. This painting which was made on a scroll of 24.8 cm by 528.7 cm is believed to have been painted before the fall of the Song Dynasty in 1127. In it, Zhang Zeduan depicted the daily life of different social strata of the Song Dynasty in the capital city of Bian Jing (Kaifeng today), along the Bian River.
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