ANONYMOUS (18TH CENTURY)

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ANONYMOUS (18TH CENTURY)

POEM IN HONOUR OF EMPEROR QIANLONG'S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY IN STANDARD SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY

A set of nine hanging scrolls, ink on a yellow ground silk painted with a dragons and flaming pearls amongst clouds pattern in gold and silver
First and last scroll each measures 144.2 x 32.8 cm. (56 3/4 x 12 7/8 in.)
Remaining seven scrolls each measures 144.2 x 47.6 cm. (56 3/4 x 18 3/4 in.)
First scroll entitled: Wanshou poem in honour of our father the Emperor's seventieth birthday
Last scroll dated eighth month, gengzi, forty-fifth year of the Qianlong era (1780)
Poem jointly composed by the princes Yong Rong (1743-1790), Yong Xuan (1711-1799), Yong Xing (1752-1823), Yong Yan, Mian De, Mian En, Mian Yi (?-1814), Mian Hui, Mian Zhi, Mian Qin, Mian Yi, Mian Zong, Mian Cai, Yi Chun and Yi Shao
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(US$64,500-77,400)

Note:
All the princes are sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons of the Emperor Qianlong. Those with their names starting with 'Yong' are sons, those with their names starting with 'Mian', grandsons, and those with their names starting with 'Yi', great-grandsons. All lived between the 18th and 19th century).

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