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AN IMPERIAL KESI-MOUNTED scrolling clouds, mounted as a handscroll with 清乾隆
HANDSCROLL RUBBING OF THE a kesi-woven panel on the outer depicting a 乾隆御筆《太常仙蝶詩》拓本
AUSPICIOUS BUTTERFLY IN recumbent deer resting atop jagged rocks
TAICHANG TEMPLE (TAICHANG against a yellow ground with multi-coloured 手卷 連紫檀蓋盒
XIANDIE SHI) clouds, beside the title slip, the mother-of-
pearl inlaid zitan rectangular scroll box carved
MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG in relief with two five-clawed dragons leaping
from clouds reaching for a flaming pearl, with
ink on paper, depicting a rubbing of the poem
entitled The Auspicious Butterfly in Taichang bats in flight above turbulent waves cresting on
Temple (Taichang xiandie shi) in Qianlong’s stylised mountains
calligraphic script, followed by a yubi (Imperially rubbing 55.7 by 137.4 cm, 21⅞ by 54⅛ in.
inscribed) mark dated to the wushen year (in box 8.3 by 64.5 by 9.3 cm, 3¼ by 25⅜ by
accordance with 1788) and two seals reading 3⅝ in.
Guxi Tanzi zhi bao (Treasure of the Son of HK$ 1,600,000-2,000,000
Heaven At Age Seventy) and Youri zizi (Still
Diligent Every Day), all enclosed within a US$ 204,000-255,000
border of ferocious dragons striding amongst

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