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A SET OF FOUR ‘PALACE’ PAINTINGS Qiu Ying 仇英 (c.1494-1552), also known as Shifu 實父, pseudonym
In the style of Qiu Ying, Qing Dynasty Shizhou 十洲, was a famous professional painter based in Suzhou
Ink and colour on silk, each highlighted in vibrant tones of emerald known for his green and blue landscape style. Although he was not
green and sapphire blue with an imaginary landscape scene depicting of the scholar-gentry class, his talent allowed him to be regarded as
elaborate pavilions floating amidst rocky outcrops and clouds, one of the Four Masters of the Wu School, which generally stressed
each inscribed with a different palace name including the Jiucheng the importance of literati-style ink washes. For more on Qiu Ying and
palace, Epang palace, Lianchang palace and Changyang palace, two an example of his landscape style, see Z.Hongxing, Masterpieces of
paintings with apocryphal ‘Shizhou’ seal of Qiu Ying, each painting Chinese Painting 700-1900, London, 2013, pp.260-261.
glazed and framed.
Each 33.5cm (13 2/8in) x 31cm (12 2/8in) (4). The set of four paintings depicts various historical palaces. The
Jiucheng palace (九成宫) refers to the Sui palace rebuilt by Tang
£3,000 - 5,000 emperor Taizong (598-649). The Epang palace (阿房宫) was the palace
CNY27,000 - 45,000 complex of Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC). Changyang palace (長楊宮)
was the old palace of the Qin dynasty. Lianchang palace (連昌宮) was
one of the largest palaces of the Tang dynasty.
清 仇英（傳） 瓊樓玉宇 設色絹本 鏡框

Provenance: Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de Marchio (1887 -
1968), Grand Officer of the Italian Crown, Commander of the Order
of St Maurice and Lazarus, and Commander of the Order of Pius
IX (Ordine Piano), and his wife Archduchess Maragaretha d’Austria
Toscana, Marchesa Taliani de Marchio (1894 – 1986).
Acquired from Tung Koo Tsar Chinese Curios & Arts Co., Shanghai, 10
February 1941.

來源：
佛朗西斯高•瑪利亞，塔里安利•得•馬基奧侯爵（1887-1968）
及馬加烈特•奧地利-托斯卡納女大公，塔里安利•得•馬基奧女侯爵
（1894-1986）伉儷收藏
於1941年2月10日購自上海古董商通古齋古玩號

(invoice)

(inventory list)

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