Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy 字畫 - 13th November 2018
Lot 22
ATTRIBUTED TO YONG RONG (QING DYNASTY) LANDSCAPE OF PENG LAI ISLAND A Chinese scroll painting
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £3000
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Description
ATTRIBUTED TO YONG RONG (QING DYNASTY)
LANDSCAPE OF PENG LAI ISLAND
A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, inscribed, dated the xin si year and signed Huang Liu Zi (the sixth son) with two artist's seals, 102cm x 44.5cm.
Provenance: an English private collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Yong Rong was the sixth son of the Qianlong Emperor, then he was adopted into the lineage of his great uncle Yun Xi as Xi's Grandson. Yong Rong was a poet and painter with knowledge of astronomy and mathematics, he was best known as one of the general editors of the grand book Si Ku Quan Shu.