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ANONYMOUS
(MING DYNASTY)

SWAN, FALCON, AND LOTUS

Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and color
on silk
Spurious cipher in the style of Emperor
Huizong (r. 1100-1125)
One illegible seal
45 x 14 º in. (114.2 x 61.5 cm.)

$6,000-12,000

PROVENANCE:

Former collection of Professor Kiang Kang-
hu, Montreal.
Acquired by Mr. English Cody of New
York City from Ton-Ying & Company,
1936.

LITERATURE:

Adrienne Williams, “Elderly Gentlemen
Viewing the Kiang Collection”, Asia,
December 1933.

This Ming dynasty painting depicts a gyrfalcon
(haidongqing) swooping down on a swan in fight
during the spring seasonal hunts. This scene is an
example of the swan-hunt theme, which originated
with the Khitans of the Liao dynasty (907-1125) and
then became one of the most important visual motifs
for the Jurchen in the Jin dynasty (1115-1234).

明 無款 海東青攫天鵝圖 設色絹本 鏡框
藏印：天下一人
一印漫漶不清

來源：江亢虎舊藏（蒙特利爾）
購自紐約通運公司（1936年）

出版：Adrienne Williams，
《Elderly Gentlemen Viewing the
Kiang Collection》，Asia，1933年
12月。

註：這幅畫出自明代畫家之手，描繪了海
東青襲擊天鵝的瞬間。自古以來，海東青
深得北方遊牧民族的喜愛。女真人將其進
行馴養，用以捕殺天鵝。

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