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PROPERTY FROM THE RENDE ZHAI COLLECTION
8022 The present scroll depicts an imperial procession approaching
AFTER LANG SHINING (GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE, 1688-1766) Ziguangge (Hall of Purple Brilliance) at the present day Zhongnanhai
Archery Competition at Ziguangge compound in Beijing.
Horizontal scroll, ink and bright mineral pigments on silk, at the left end
inscribed Haixi chen Lang Shining gong xie followed by two artist's The painting opens on the east bank of Zhonghai (the Middle Lake),
seals, with an exterior title slip embroidered Yuzhi Xi Yuan Jiao She Tu, with the marble bridge and Beihai Pagoda visible in the distance
with a frontispiece in large running script reading Ziguang Jiao She with across the lake. A procession of attendants and high-ranking officials,
one seal, mounted with a title slip on yellow paper reading Ziguang led by the Qianlong emperor in military garb and equipped with sword,
Jiao She Tu followed by inscriptions in Manchurian, Mongolian, Arabic bow, and arrows, ride towards Ziguangge. An imperial throne is
and Tibetan scripts, with four colophons mounted after the painting, positioned at the top of the steps to Ziguangge, where other officials
each ink on paper and bearing signatures reading Yu ti, Liu Tongxun, equipped as well with swords, bows and arrows await the emperor's
Jin Deying, and Shen Deqian, and with a padded silk scroll cover with arrival. A large archery target of red lacquer is set on the lawn in front
an embroidered title reading Yuzhi Xi Yuan Jiao She Tu. of Ziguangge.
26 1/4 x 151in (66.7 x 383.5cm) the painting only
US$40,000 - 60,000
仿 郎世寧 西苑校射圖 設色絹本 横幅
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