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After Giuseppe Castiglione
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Palais Pavillons et Jardins Construits par
Giuseppe Castiglione dans le Domaine
Impériale du Yuan Ming Yuan au Palais
d’Été de Pékin, 1977
Ten prints from a set of twenty, three of the
prints mounted, framed and glazed, and the
remaining seven prints loose; with a title-page
in French, and the title-page and seven loose
prints in the original publisher’s gilt-decorated
blue cloth portfolio.
23 5/8 x 37 3/8in (60 x 95cm) each print
$7,500 - 10,000

仿 郎世寧 圓明園景色 版畫十幅 鏡框或未裱
一九七七年印製

Published in Paris in 1977, this set of prints
was based on etchings made between 1783
and 1786, and depict the palace grounds,
buildings, and gardens of Yuanmingyuan,
the Summer Palace created for the
Qianlong emperor and painted by the Jesuit
missionary and painter Giuseppe Castiglione
(Lang Shining, 1688-1768), who served at
Qianlong’s court. From an original set of
twenty, the following ten prints are included
in this lot: North façade of the Palace of
the Delights of Harmony; East façade of
the water pavilion containing the hydraulic
machine; Gateway leading north to the
garden; View of the Labyrinth; North façade
of the Bamboo Pavilion; North façade of
the Palace of the Calm Sea; Palace of the
Immense Ocean; Gateway to the artificial hill;
Temple of the artificial hill; and View of the
east bank of the Lake.

8363
Lu Runxiang (1841-1915)
Calligraphy in Regular Script, 1883
A set of four hanging scrolls, ink on paper;
the last scroll dedicated to E’cheng, dated
guiwei san yue (1883, third month) and signed
Fengshi di Lu Runxiang with two artist’s seals
reading Lu Runxiang yin and Taifu xian Taibao.
68 x 17 5/8in (172.7 x 44.8cm) each
$6,500 - 8,000

陸潤祥 楷書《大唐三藏聖教序》 水墨紙本 立
軸四屏 一八八三年作