Immensely rare official matte-finish 5.75 x 8 portrait photo of Chinese Premier Chou En-lai, affixed to the original 9.75 x 12 cardstock mount, the left margin of which is signed and dated in bold black ink in Chinese characters, “Zhou Enlai, July 10, 1967,” who pens an inscription to the right margin (translated): “His Excellence, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Pirzada.”In very good to fine condition, with silvering to the dark areas of the image, and scattered light foxing to the mount. This photograph was presented to former Foreign Minister of Pakistan Sharifuddin Pirzada (1923–2017), who was the first statesman invited to visit the Chinese Government after the beginning of the ‘Cultural Revolution.’ Chou En-lai remains highly elusive across all signed formats, with this representing the first autographed photo that we have ever offered—a momentous occasion not soon to be repeated.
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