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AN IMPORTANT IMPERIAL ‘SAL TREE’ ᪺̗㡳ौڊ̪ໞ䢰 䢱 ྽⽗ગט੧㕺஠⟖៊ॲ
HANGING SCROLL PAINTING 㐫ᙔ厍 ᢹఓ඼⧲卿᛻᚛Ւ㍯卿⊂ऱഌᤞ卿ݯ೰Ὅ㞔ǯ
DATED QIANLONG CYCLICAL GENGZI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO ᬚ⯣᱙ד卿ӮדԠӲ卿᧦Ӵᇑ㙣卿ᇵಗ▔ࣻǯ
1780 AND OF THE PERIOD ᬚ⯣᱙דچᝠ卿߿ಗⲋὍᇵՔὍǯ
Rendered on a deep-blue paper, first outlined in black ink then Քᝠߝ▭卿ـ㙣᧦Ӵ卿⏜ᑨᇵ۔卿࣊ݪ᯳ⲋǯ
filled with gilt paint of various tones, the painting depicts a sal tree ⪛ۿ㇛׹卿໿ᔆ㿩ᘰ卿ቲٿ೰㗪卿ጮᚚ᛿ᾅǯ
between rocks, below four imperial inscriptions written by the
༵᫉㬦ᡜ卿⊇ᅠ㙠❏卿Ӯ⶟⡰ᙆ卿ࢨ䁬ᝩルǯ
Emperor Qianlong dedicated to the Sixth Panchen Lama from
᯵ᚚᯧᝯ卿⳸ᬚ፽㕇卿 㬳Ӭ㬳Հ卿ࢇㄴὍ௬ǯ
right to left in Chinese, Tibetan, Manchu and Mongolian, each
followed by a circular seal, Qian, and a square seal, Long. A further Գ㪏ᄗຽօސӳᱏᇙ✖༵೰ↄ◲⪛ۿԆ㍵
seal, guxi tianzi zhi bao, ‘Treasure of the Son of Heaven at seventy‘, 㟊ࣇ厍 ԳǮ㪏
is inscribed between the branches, with two further seals on the ऒ☮഍ຽԠ༾
lower right, yuhe qiyou, ‘Extending like harmonious qi’, yijing
⯝ক᭔㙚
miao kanhui, ‘Quietude makes the mystery fathomable‘, one to the ዪ㬱൘౑ᝯ
lower left, shebi ouzhi jijian, ‘Dabbling in brushwork at occasional
ᱳ✖ڮٿᄃ㧿
leisure’, with a further three-character seal impression on the far
lower left corner, Gong qinwang, ‘Prince Kung’. The painting is ቯㇼℳ
mounted in its original format within a gilt woven blue-ground
border. ϝᬝ
Painting: 85 …À/”ÿ in. x 39 Æ in. (218 cm. x 101 cm.) ឪ⨒ᑋ卿ᙻՀࢦӽ⡕ߝ㐟ᙻ࢈՗卻ᗌ۔卼
HK$3,000,000-5,000,000 US$390,000-650,000 ᗌ۔᫉⊺ᝪἃឪ⨒ᑋ⯠⻦ǯឪ⨒ᑋἃᚚទⵖۮ卿ᝪᙻᛮ᳖ᭆஇԠ㪡୬།
ᚉ⯝ԋਦ㏪㨸ؠ⩧ᚃ཰࢈՗ǯ
PROVENANCE
Li Yizhao, acquired in Beijing in the early 20th century (by repute)

Seal impression of Prince Kung
ቯㇼℳ㟊ࣇ

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