EMPEROR QIANLONG (1711-1799, REIGNED 1736-1796)

Calligraphy in Running Script

Details

EMPEROR QIANLONG (1711-1799, REIGNED 1736-1796)
Calligraphy in Running Script
Scroll, mounted on board and framed, ink on paper
15 x 131 cm. (4 7/8 x 51 5/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals and two collector’s seals of the artist
Three collector’s seals of the artist on gold-flecked paper

Literature

Shiqu Baoji Xubian No.71, in Combined Catalogues of the Qing Imperial Collection Vol.6: Catalogue of the Paintings and Calligraphy in the Imperial Collection Part II Vol. 4, Shanghai Bookstore, Shanghai, October 1988, pp.3481-3482.

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Lot Essay

According to Shiqu Baoji, Calligraphy in Running Script was an album of eight leaves with two seals and one collector’s seal of Emperor Qianlong. This lot was probably be remounted (timing unknown) on board and flanked with three collector’s seals of the Emperor on gold-flecked paper.

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