Sale 7364
New York, Park Avenue
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25 November 1991
Price realised
USD 60,500
Estimate
DONG BANGDA (1699-1769) Yuexin Palace after Snow Hanging scroll, ink on paper, 36 x 17¾in. (91.5 x 45cm.) Signed: "Respectfully painted by Chen Dong Bangda after snow at Yuexing Palace" Dated laoi (day of winter sacrifice, three days after the solstice) of yihai year (1755) One seal of the artist: Bangda Inscribed with a poem by the Qianlong Emperor stating: "After he wrote the poem, he ordered Dong Bangda to execute this painting.", with three seals of the Emperor stamped below the writing Nine collectors' seals of the Qianlong Emperor
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