EMPEROR QIANLONG (REIGNED 1736-1796)

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EMPEROR QIANLONG (REIGNED 1736-1796)

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A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on gold outlined paper
Each scroll measures 54 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. (138 x 31 cm.)
Signed: Yue Bi
Dated autumn of gengchen year of the Qianlong era (1760)
Two seals of the artist: Qian Long Chen Han, Yan Yun Shu Juan
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Lot Essay

The text may be translated as: 'Our sense of self comes from the Zhou Dynaty and Confucius; the way to govern comes from the Yu and Tang dynasties' (these dynasties are pre-Xia culture).

(US$6,500-9,000)

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