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Lot Description

Attributed to Xu Xian

(Chinese, 13th Century)

Southeast Asia Empires Paying Tributes to China
ink and color on silk, album leaves
each leave has a signed and described in title slip, with a seal, Xu Xian Yuandu.

徐憲（款）
（元，生卒不詳）
職貢圖冊
絹本設色，冊頁五開
款識：
（1）三佛齊囯。自廣州發船，取西南風，半月可入其國。天無寒暑，地產良馬。每歲入貢于中國。東海徐憲書。
鈐印：徐憲元度（白）
（2）賓童龍國。其地隸占城國。占城選人作地主。出則騎馬或騎象。打紅撒從者百人。執盾唱曰：亞或僕。每入貢于中國。
鈐印：徐憲元度（白）
（3）女王國。在西洋東南海角，皆婦女，無男子，。凡人受胎國中，有井照之即成孕，只生女也。其產西洋布入貢。
鈐印：徐憲元度（白）
（4）吐蕃國。又號西番，本西羌屬，屋者支水，西番業▯邊，故其子孫曰吐蕃。每入貢于中國。
鈐印：徐憲元度（白）
（5）波斯囯。其人身黑似漆，以布浑挂身，出则乘软兜。王以虎皮蒙之。土产金宝，入贡于中国。
鈐印：徐憲元度（白）

Each image: 15 x 10 in., 38.3 x 25.2 cm.

Property from the José M. Neistein Collection

JOSÉ MENACHE NEISTEIN (1934-2020) was born in São Paulo, Brazil in a Jewish immigrant family. He was an intellectual and appreciator of different artistic and cultural fields, performing throughout his life activities as a critic, teacher, curator, cultural attache, lecturer, and art collector.

Residing in the United States from 1970 to 2020, Neistein was invited by the Itamaraty to occupy the position of Cultural Attaché at the Brazilian Embassy as
Executive-Director of the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute (BACI) in Washington D.C. During the same period, Prof. Neistein was also a Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a Contributing Editor for the
Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.

José Neistein's art collection, universal and eclectic, had been developed over 50 years of acquisition and study. Its growth reflected, all over the years, the diversification of the collector’s interests, the maturing of his taste, and the
deepening of its quality.

Condition Report

In overall good condition with some foxing and minor losses as shown in additional photos available upon request.

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