Auction sale reference

Li Gonglin (1049-1106) AS CATALOGUED IN SHIQU BAOJI - Treaty of Bianqiao

Sold for $17,607,500 at Christie's on Mar 15, 2017.

Extremely narrow horizontal image strip of a pale ink handscroll.

Lot description

LI GONGLIN (1049-1106) AS CATALOGUED IN SHIQU BAOJI Treaty of Bianqiao Handscroll, ink on paper Qianlong frontispiece: 10 3/8 x 21 7/8 in. (26.4 x 55.7 cm.) Painting: 10 3/8 x 352 ½ in. (26.4 x 895.4 cm.) Frontispiece by Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799), with one seal Colophon by Emperor Qianlong, with two seals Dated bingwu year (1786) Four colophons, including those of Lu Zhu (Yuan dynasty), with one seal; Zhang Xie (Yuan dynasty), with one seal; and a second colophon by Emperor Qianlong, with two seals Forty-four collectors’ seals including ten of Emperor Qianlong, one of Emperor Jiaqing, two of Guo Bi (1280-1335), nine of Liang Qingbiao (1620-1690) and one of Prince Yixin (1833-1898)

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