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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN trade organisation (Staatlicher Kunsthandel, Erfurt) following a tax
士紳藏品 proceeding against his estate and subsequent liquidation. From there
it was acquired by the Museum für Völkerkunde, Dresden in January
76 1977 where it has been until recently, when following amicable
HONGLI (EMPEROR QIANLONG) 1711-1799 settlement, the calligraphy was returned to the heir of Heinz Dietel
Calligraphy in running script by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden.
Written in bold strokes with velvety ink on silk with the auspicious
characters ‘Fu’ and ‘Shou’ meaning ‘Good Fortune’ and ‘Longevity’ Compare with a similar pair of calligraphies by the Qianlong emperor,
respectively, with Yu Bi seal. which was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 October 2015, lot 1137.
111cm (43 7/8in) wide x 63.7cm (25in) long.
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£6,000 - 8,000 A RARE IMPERIAL LIGHT-BLUE GROUND SILK DRAGON VEST,
CNY54,000 - 71,000 XIAPEI
Kangxi
The vest finely woven in shades of blue, red, green, yellow and gold-
愛新覺羅·弘曆（公元1711-1799年） 御筆 「福壽」書法 wrapped thread with four ascending five-clawed sinuous dragons
striding above rocks and auspicious objects amidst crashing waves, the
鈐印： 乾隆御筆 design repeated on the reverse with two ascending dragons beneath a
third larger front-facing dragon coiled around a flaming pearl, all reserved
Provenance: Heinz Dietel (1911–1975), Erfurt, until 1975 on an light blue ground and framed by green and red silk ribbon borders
The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) state-owned highlighted by gold-wrapped threads flanking a black velvet border with
art-trade organisation, Staatlicher Kunsthandel, Erfurt, 1976 –1977 raised metal bosses, the hemline with openwork mesh suspending
Museum für Völkerkunde, Dresden, 1977 – 2018 multi-coloured tassels, the interior lined in coral-coloured silk.
The heir of Heinz Dietel, restituted by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, 135cm (53 1/8in) long.
Dresden in 2018

來源： £20,000 - 30,000
1975年前為德國艾爾福特Heinz Dietel先生(1911–1975)收藏 CNY180,000 - 270,000
1976至1977年期間為德意志民主共和國（東德）國有藝術商店所有
1977至2018年期間為德國德累斯頓人類學博物館收藏 清康熙 天藍地緞繡雲龍趕珠紋霞帔
2018年由德累斯頓國家藝術收藏館償還予Heinz Dietel先生之家族後人
Provenance: Ren Clark (1904-1991), acquired from Liberty & Co. Ltd.,
Heinz Dietel, an avid collector with a passion for East Asian art, was London, on 8 October 1948, and thence by descent
pursued by the East German regime and its secret police (known
as STASI) in order to transfer his collection to state possession. 來源： Ren Clark先生(1904-1991)收藏，於1948年10月8日購自倫敦
After his death in November 1975, the present Imperial calligraphy, Liberty & Co. Ltd.，並由後人保存迄今
amongst other works of art, was acquired by the state-owned art

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