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ATTRIBUTED TO WANG YU (1714-1748) PENG YULIN (1816-1890) Peng Yulin (1816-1890) is known as both
Landscape Plum Blossom an artist and pre-eminent military leader.
Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll Ink on paper, hanging scroll He fell in love with the adopted daughter
Dated Qianlong renshen year (1752). Signed, with one seal of the artist of his maternal grandmother, Meigu (plum
王昱（傳） 風景畫 設色紙本 立軸 彭玉麟 墨梅圖 設色紙本 立軸 blossom), but the match was rejected,
款識：乾隆壬申春仲，仿黃隺山樵筆法畫於 款識： she married another man, and died. Peng
武林，以雪翁詞丈正。東莊王昱。 品是高人骨是僊，不同凡卉共爭妍。春來南 vowed to complete 10,000 paintings of plum
鈴印: 昱、日初、樵雲舘、山水有清音 國得先氣，勝占西湖仰昔賢。開逕衹延松竹 blossom, to commemorate the namesake of
132 (52in) high x 35.5cm (14in) wide 友，歲寒那怕雪霜天。彭玉麐寫。 his lost love.
鈐印：青宮少保 This he did alongside a stellar military career.
£2,000 - 3,000 137cm (54in) high x 33cm (13in) wide He rose to become Minister of War after a
HK$19,000 - 29,000 legendary military career in which he helped
CNY17,000 - 26,000 £800 - 1,200 defeat the Taiping Army through his actions
HK$7,800 - 12,000 in the battle of Yuezhou and Tianjiazhen.
CNY6,800 - 10,000 Most of his paintings were destroyed in battle
and this example is a rare survival.

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