TWO IMPERIAL RED-GROUND 'DRAGON' CANVASES

QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

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TWO IMPERIAL RED-GROUND 'DRAGON' CANVASES
QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
The larger cotton sheet of vivid red ground finely decorated in shades of gold and outlined in white with nine dragons in pursuit of 'flaming pearls' among ruyi clouds surrounding the edges; the smaller sheet similarly decorated with four dragons encircling a central 'flaming pearl' amidst swirling clouds and flames, both mounted as scrolls
77 1/8 x 35 in. (196 x 89 cm.) and 25 1/8 x 25 5/8 (64 x 65 cm.) (2)

Provenance

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

Lot Essay

Compare with a very similar red-ground canvas decorated with dragons in the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo Wenfang Sibao Quanji, Four Treasures for the Scholar's Studio, Vol. 3, Beijing, 2008, pp. 188-189, no. 180.

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