Lot Essay
This is one of a set of fifty portraits commissioned by Qianlong and presented to his loyal bodyguards.
Details
ANONYMOUS (18th century)
Portrait of Keshiki Batu Luwuke Shier
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 73½ x 38in. (186.7 x 96.5cm.)
Attached inscription mounted above in Chinese and Manchu
Variously signed: Liu Tongxun, Liu Lun, and Yu Ming Zhong
Dated geng chen year of the Qianlong era (1760)
One seal of the Qianlong emperor: Qian Long Yu Lan Zhi Bao
Portrait of Keshiki Batu Luwuke Shier
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 73½ x 38in. (186.7 x 96.5cm.)
Attached inscription mounted above in Chinese and Manchu
Variously signed: Liu Tongxun, Liu Lun, and Yu Ming Zhong
Dated geng chen year of the Qianlong era (1760)
One seal of the Qianlong emperor: Qian Long Yu Lan Zhi Bao