SEVEN SHEETS OF IMPERIAL PAINTING PAPER

KANGXI AND QIANLONG PERIOD (1662-1795)

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SEVEN SHEETS OF IMPERIAL PAINTING PAPER
KANGXI AND QIANLONG PERIOD (1662-1795)
Including three sheets of plain paper delicately decorated in 'anhua' style with a standing scholar in a landscape setting, each with an inscription dating to the 3rd year of the Qianlong reign; a similarly decorated sheet with floral decoration with an inscription dating to the 12th year of the Qianlong reign; two blank sheets of paper with an inscription dating to the 14th year of the Qianlong reign; and a blank sheet of Zhejiang paper with an inscription dating to the thirty-fifth year of the Kangxi reign
38 3/4 x 13 in. (98.5 x 33 cm.); 39 3/4 x 11 in. (101 x 28 cm.); 52 7/8 x 26 3/8 in. (134.5 x 67 cm.); and 73 1/4 x 22 1/2 in. (186 x 57 cm.) (7)

Provenance

A Japanese private collection formed at the beginning of the 20th century

Lot Essay

Compare with simlar plain sheets decorated in 'anhua' style with flowers in the Palace Museum Collection Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo Wenfang Sibao Quanji, Four Treasures for the Scholar's Studio, Vol. 3, Beijing, 2008, p. 179, no. 173. Plain undecorated sheets with Qinlong inscriptions can also be found in the Palace Museum Collection. See a sheet with an inscription dating to the forty-ninth year of Qianlong illustrated ibid, p. 139, no. 133.

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