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AN IMPORTANT IMPERIAL NIAN
REBELLION BATTLE PAINTING
‘SIEGE OF PINGYU’, FROM A
SET OF EIGHTEEN PAINTINGS
COMMEMORATING THE CAMPAIGN
OF THE VICTORIES OVER THE NIAN,
1853-1868, BY QINGKUANG (FL. LATE
19TH CENTURY) ET. AL.
QING DYNASTY, GUANGXU PERIOD
ink and color on silk, depicting the siege of
the fortified city of pingyu in western henan
province, occupied by the nian rebels under
the local nian rebel leader Chen Daxi, engaged
in a fierce battle with the Qing Imperial army
in their efforts to regain control of the city,
the nian rebels behind the high walls built
around the city and further fortified with a
deep moat, the rebels with distinctive orange-
red headscarves, and flags of yellow, white,
red, blue and black high above the gates, the
Imperial army on stocky horses, the locally
recruited infantry wearing uniforms of red, blue
and white corresponding with their banners,
all armed with swords, spears, muskets, bows
and arrows charging toward the city walls,
storming and attacking the rebels inside, all
under the leadership of a number of named
generals, among them Jia huishan, Bayan Kexi,
Wu Yuanbing, Zheng Yuanshan, Liu Zishun,
Zhou Denggao, Yang Feixiong, Gui Fengqing, Yu
Zhaoda, Yin Jiabin, sheng Bao, and Zhang Yao,
framed and glazed
height 54 in., 137.1 cm; Length 122 in., 309.9 cm
PROVENANCE
english private Collection.
$ 300,000-500,000
清光緒 御製《平定捻亂戰圖》
設色絹本 鏡框
來源
英國私人收藏

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