A SET OF TWO ALBUMS OF COPPER-PLATE PRINTS OF THE 'PEIWEN GENGZHI TU' QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD copper-plate prints in black ink on paper, bound in two volumes, the first comprising a six page introduction in cursive script in the hand of the Kangxi Emperor dated to 1696 and three Imperial seals in crimson ink, followed by twenty-three images following the agricultural yearly cycle of farmers from the tilling of soil to selling of rice and giving thanks to the Gods for a successful harvest, the second with twenty-three images depicting the process of silk production, each image set below a commentary in the Kangxi Emperor's script, accompanied on its adjacent page by various imperial poems composed by the Yongzheng and Qianlong Emperors referring to the scenes, framed by a red-ink border of striding dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls 34.5 by 25.3 cm, 13 5/8 by 10 in.
A SET OF TWO ALBUMS OF COPPER-PLATE PRINTS OF THE 'PEIWEN GENGZHI TU' QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD copper-plate prints in black ink on paper, bound in two volumes, the first comprising a six page introduction in cursive script in the hand of the Kangxi Emperor dated to 1696 and three Imperial seals in crimson ink, followed by twenty-three images following the agricultural yearly cycle of farmers from the tilling of soil to selling of rice and giving thanks to the Gods for a successful harvest, the second with twenty-three images depicting the process of silk production, each image set below a commentary in the Kangxi Emperor's script, accompanied on its adjacent page by various imperial poems composed by the Yongzheng and Qianlong Emperors referring to the scenes, framed by a red-ink border of striding dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls 34.5 by 25.3 cm, 13 5/8 by 10 in.
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