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A LARGE PAINTING OF HERONS AND FLOWERS A RARE LARGE JICHIMU RECTANGULAR TABLE
Signed Li Tang, cyclically dated to the Yihai year corresponding to 18th century
1899 and of the period The top panel set within a rectangular frame above a short narrow waist
Ink and colour on silk, depicting eight white herons, one in flight, exquisitely carved in low-relief with stylised scrolls and a wide apron
amidst a riverscape with various flowers, on the top right corner a carved with foliate scrolls and stylised chilong extending to the top of the
poetic inscription with signature and seals of the artist. four humpback legs of square section, terminating in hoof feet.
246cm wide (96 7/8in) x 86cm (33 7/8in) long. 180cm (70 7/8in) wide x 86cm (33 7/8in) high x 78cm (31 1/2in) deep.

£8,000 - 12,000 £30,000 - 50,000
CNY72,000 - 110,000 CNY270,000 - 450,000

己亥年（1899年） 李堂款 一路富貴 設色絹本 十八世紀 雞翅木仿古夔龍紋長案

The egret is often compared to an honest and incorruptible official
because of its clean, white feathers. Egrets have been admired by
poets such as Du Fu 杜甫 (712-770) and can combine with numerous
flowers to create various auspicious meanings. In the present painting,
egrets combine with peonies. Egrets (lu 鷺) form the pun for ‘all the
way’ (yi lu 一路). Together with peonies, also known as the flower of
wealth and honour (fugui 富貴), they create the rebus for ‘wealth and
honour all the way’ (yilu fugui 一路富貴).

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