Treaty of Bianqiao

Details

LI GONGLIN (1049-1106) AS CATALOGUED IN SHIQU BAOJI
Treaty of Bianqiao
Handscroll, ink on paper
Qianlong frontispiece: 10 3/8 x 21 7/8 in. (26.4 x 55.7 cm.)
Painting: 10 3/8 x 352 ½ in. (26.4 x 895.4 cm.)
Frontispiece by Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799), with one seal
Colophon by Emperor Qianlong, with two seals
Dated bingwu year (1786)
Four colophons, including those of Lu Zhu (Yuan dynasty), with one seal;
Zhang Xie (Yuan dynasty), with one seal; and a second colophon by Emperor
Qianlong, with two seals
Forty-four collectors’ seals including ten of Emperor Qianlong, one of Emperor
Jiaqing, two of Guo Bi (1280-1335), nine of Liang Qingbiao (1620-1690) and
one of Prince Yixin (1833-1898)

Literature

Emperor Gaozong, Shiqu Baoji Chubian, 1745, Facsimile reprint, Taipei,
National Palace Museum, 1971, p. 965. (described as "superior quality")

Lot Essay

Shiqu Baoji Chubian was frst drafted in February of the ninth year of the
Qianlong reign (1744), and then completed the following year. According to the
painting, Qianlong inscribed it in bingwu year (1786), an indication that he had
inscribed it many years after the completion of Shiqu Baoji Chubian.

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