1898 Wood Engraving China Guan Quan Mandarin Government Bureaucrat Qing XGXA6 XMG2 sitting room

sitting room

charming vistas

Keywords specific to this image: soft

Keywords specific to this image: Kanagawa Prefecture

stained glass

1898 Wood Engraving China Guan Quan Mandarin Government Bureaucrat Qing XGXA6 XMG2 sitting roomThis is an original 1898 black and white in text wood engraving of a Chinese Guan, more commonly known as a Mandarin, and his wife. These bureaucrats in the government of the Qing Dynasty and even before that, however, the term is used today in a more satirical sense. CONDITION This 113+ year old Item is rated Near Mint Very Fine. No creases. No natural defects. No surface rub. No tears. No water damage. Please note: There is printing on the verso.