QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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.