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Chen Rong (13TH CENTURY) AS CATALOGUED IN SHIQU BAOJI - Six Dragons

Sold for $48,967,500 at Christie's on Mar 15, 2017.

Extremely narrow, low-resolution image strip with a faint horizontal artwork detail.

Lot description

CHEN RONG (13TH CENTURY) AS CATALOGUED IN SHIQU BAOJI Six Dragons Handscroll, ink on paper Painting: 13 ½ x 173 3/8 in. (34.3 x 440.4 cm.) Calligraphy: 13 7/8 x 32 5/8 in. (35.1 x 82.8 cm.) Inscribed, with one seal of the artist Colophon by Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799), with two seals Dated mid-spring, wuxu year (1778) Colophons by Yu Minzhong (1714-1779), with two seals; Liang Guozhi (1722-1786), with two seals; Wang Jie (1725-1805), with two seals; Dong Gao (1740-1818), with two seals; Jin Shisong (1730-1800), with two seals; and Chen Xiaoyong (1715-1779), with two seals Thirty-four collectors’ seals including fourteen of Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799), one of Emperor Jiaqing (1760-1820), nine of Zhuang Husun (17th century), two of Prince Yixin (1832-1898)

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