EMPEROR QIANLONG (1736-1795)
$500
CALLIGRAPHY IN RUNNING SCRIPT
EMPEROR QIANLONG (1736-1795)
Hanging scroll, ink on coloured silk
Signed: Yu Bi (painted by the Imperial hand)
Dated spring of xinmao year (1771)
Dedicated to Chen Hongmou, Grand Secretary, on his retirement
Two seals of the artist: Suo Bao Wei Xian, Qian Long Yu Bi
One collector's seal
Colophon on silk mounting by Ma Jian with biography of Chen Hongmou
55 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (141 x 70 cm.)