Lot 3162
3162
EIGHTEEN SHEETS OF IMPERIAL MARBLED SUTRA PAPER
PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION
EIGHTEEN SHEETS OF IMPERIAL MARBLED SUTRA PAPER

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Details
EIGHTEEN SHEETS OF IMPERIAL MARBLED SUTRA PAPER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each thin rectangular sheet has a marbled design, stamped with an oval seal impression, Qianlong nian fang Jinsushan zangjingzhi, 'Made during the Qianlong period in imitation of Jinsushan sutra paper'.
20 1/8 x 11 3/8 in. (51 x 29 cm.) (18)
Provenance
A Japanese private collection, formed during the 1950s and 1960s

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Lot Essay

The current lot was commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor to imitate the famed Jinsushan paper, which also has a mottled appearance and stamped with a small red seal mark. The sutra paper stored in the Jinsu Temple in Zhejiang Province is said to date from the Northern Song period and is reputed to have been of excellent quality for calligraphy. Many connoisseurs wrote in praise of this paper, including the Qianlong Emperor himself, who composed two poems in admiration. Compare to similar paper sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 3146; 1 June 2011, lot 3626; and 29 May 2013, lot 2334.

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