EMPEROR QIANLONG (reigned 1736-1796)

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EMPEROR QIANLONG (reigned 1736-1796)

Autumn Flowers and Insects

Hanging scroll, ink on paper, painting 25 X 11in. (63.5 X 28cm.), painting and inscription 34 X 11in. (86.3 X 28cm.)

Signed: Sanxitang obi (accidentally inspired at the Pavilion of Three Rarities)

A poem by Qianlong mounted separately above

Ten seals of the artist: Tian Zi Gu Xi, Ba Zheng Mao Nian Zhi Bao, Tai Shang Huang Di, Wei Xing Wei Yi, Qian Long Zhen Han, Le Yi Yu Jing Guan, Qian Long Zhen Han, Shi Qu Bao Ji So Cang, Ru Yan Qiu Guang Jun Shi Shi, Yan Yun Guo Yan

One collector's seal of Prince Su: Su Qin Wang Bao

PUBLISHED:

Elisseeff, Vadime, Quelques Peintures de Lettres, XIV-XX Siecles. De la Collection Ling Su-hua. Paris, 1962, cat. no. 18 (Musee Cernusci catalogue for an exhibition held November 1962-February 1963)