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Auction archive: Lot number 83

NATIONALIST CHINA: A PAIR OF PRESENTATION PORTRAITS OF CHIANG KAI SHEK AND SOONG MEI LING.

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 83

NATIONALIST CHINA: A PAIR OF PRESENTATION PORTRAITS OF CHIANG KAI SHEK AND SOONG MEI LING.

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

[China: c. 1943.] A Pair of presentation photographic portraits of Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong Mei-Ling, each with manuscript titles in Chinese, naming the sitter and inscribed "Idaho State College", together with a chop. 390 x 320mm. In matching frames. A fine pair of portraits, likely given to Idaho State College on Soong Mei-Ling's successful solo tour of the USA in 1943, to raise support for the Chinese Nationalist cause, against the Japanese invasion of China.

Auction archive: Lot number 83
Auction:
Datum:
29 Jan 2021
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York
Beschreibung:

[China: c. 1943.] A Pair of presentation photographic portraits of Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong Mei-Ling, each with manuscript titles in Chinese, naming the sitter and inscribed "Idaho State College", together with a chop. 390 x 320mm. In matching frames. A fine pair of portraits, likely given to Idaho State College on Soong Mei-Ling's successful solo tour of the USA in 1943, to raise support for the Chinese Nationalist cause, against the Japanese invasion of China.

Auction archive: Lot number 83
Auction:
Datum:
29 Jan 2021
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York
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