Details
RARE ALBUM IMPERIAL DE POEME, WUFUTANG DUI YULANHUA SHI
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
Ink on paper.
The album comprises twelve double-pages. The front cover is carved with the title Yuzhi Wufutang dui yulanhua shi, 'Imperial poem on magnolia at the Hall of the Five Blessings'. The poem is finely written in seal script and each double-page is framed by a rectangular leafy border. The first two and last double-pages are painted with bats in flight amid ruyi clouds. The colophon is inscribed by the high official Xie Yong (1719-1795) with two seals; with two Ex-libris, handwritten notes on provenance and a translation of the title; minute damages.
6 5/8 x 3 7/8 in. (17 x 10 cm.)
Provenance
By repute, collection of Captaine de Pézénas, Hérault, France.
Collection of Julien Félix (1827-1900), Rouen, France (ex-Libris 'Humiliter Sed Recete').
Collection of Edouard Pelay (1842-1921), Rouen, France (ex-libris 'Quaerite et invenietis').
From the Estate of Paul Ristelhueber (1849-1925), who was the French consul in Tianjin from 1884 to 1891.
Further details
A RARE IMPERIAL ALBUM OF POETRY, WUFUTANG DUI YULANHUA SHI
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
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