QIAN CHENQUN (1686-1774)
QIAN CHENQUN (1686-1774)

DRAGON

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QIAN CHENQUN (1686-1774)
DRAGON
Hanging scroll, ink on silk
Inscribed and signed by the artist
Dated summer, gengshen year (1740)
One collector's seal of Reverend Isaac Taylor Headland (1859-1942)
54 3/4 x 31 1/8 in. (139 x 80.2 cm.)

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Qian Chenqun (1686-1774), who was also called Zhujig, was a chancellor from Jiaxing in Zhejiang province. He served as a vice president in the legal department in 1743. Furthermore when he was 80 years old, he acted as teacher for one of the princes.

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