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A SET OF FOURTEEN EXPORT PAINTINGS 清十八世紀晚期 農耕圖十四幅 設色絹本
DEPICTING THE CULTIVATION OF RICE
QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH CENTURY 來源
倫敦邦瀚斯，2015年11月9日，拍品242號
Comprised of fourteen ink and colour on silk paintings, depicting
the various stages of rice cultivation including ploughing, tilling, 本拍品之原型為清代宮廷畫家冷枚所繪《耕織圖》，由 23 幅《耕圖》和
sowing, harvesting and storing. 23 幅《織圖》組成（圖一）。冷枚活躍於康熙晚期至乾隆早期。冷枚本
15 in. x 12 º in. (38 cm. x 31 cm.) (14) 《耕織圖》是臨摹另一宮廷畫師焦秉貞（活躍於 1680 至 1720 年）所繪
之殿本《御製耕織圖》。康熙皇帝令焦秉貞繪製殿本《御製耕織圖》，
HK$380,000-480,000 US$50,000-62,000 以便頒行全國。焦氏畫風展現了在清廷供職的歐洲耶穌會教士之影響，
其耕織圖畫工一流，且結合了焦點透視的原理。當時的木刻名家朱圭（約
PROVENANCE
Sold at Bonhams London, 9 November 2015, lot 242 公元 1644 至 1717 年）負責鐫刻雕版。據稱，每圖上方的七言絕句皆為
皇上親題，實則應有一部份出自朝中鴻儒之手，但題詩的筆意概以皇上
The current paintings are immediately inspired by the imperial
publication Yuzhi Gengzhi tu, ‘Pictures of Tilling and Weaving’, executed 御筆為藍本。耕織圖題材常見於十八世紀的出口畫，深受西方市場歡迎。
by the Qing court painter Leng Mei (fig. 1), who was active at court
during the late 17th to early 18th century. Leng Mei’s work in turn
was based on the original Gengzhi tu by another court painter, Jiao
Bingzhen (active c. 1680-1720), commissioned by the Kangxi Emperor.
It contained 23 illustrations of agriculture and 23 illustrations of
sericulture, each accompanied by the Kangxi Emperor’s seven-character
quatrains. Woodblock prints were then distributed throughout the
empire to promote agriculture and sericulture. During the 18th century,
the Gengzhi tu became a popular subject among export paintings for
the Western market.

fig. 1 Pictures of Tilling and Weaving, by Leng Mei (active 18th century).
Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
圖一 冷枚《耕織圖》，北京故宮博物院藏品

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