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507 CHEN RONG (13TH CENTURY) AS
CATALOGUED IN SHIQU BAOJI
Six Dragons

Handscroll, ink on paper
Painting: 13 Ω x 173 ¡ in. (34.3 x 440.4 cm.)
Calligraphy: 13 √ x 32 ¬ in. (35.1 x 82.8 cm.)
Inscribed, with one seal of the artist
Colophon by Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799), with two seals
Dated mid-spring, wuxu year (1778)
Colophons by Yu Minzhong (1714-1779), with two seals; Liang Guozhi
(1722-1786), with two seals; Wang Jie (1725-1805), with two seals; Dong Gao
(1740-1818), with two seals; Jin Shisong (1730-1800), with two seals; and
Chen Xiaoyong (1715-1779), with two seals
Thirty-four collectors’ seals including fourteen of Emperor Qianlong (1711-
1799), one of Emperor Jiaqing (1760-1820), nine of Zhuang Husun (17th
century), two of Prince Yixin (1832-1898)

$1,200,000-1,800,000

L I T E R AT U R E

Emperor Gaozong, Shiqu Baoji Xubian, 1793, Facsimile reprint, Taipei,
National Palace Museum, 1971, p. 1932.
Suzuki Kei, Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings: Japanese
Museums, University of Tokyo Press, 1983, vol. 3, JM14-0023.

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