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Hongli (Emperor Qianlong) 1711-1799
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Description
- Hongli (Emperor Qianlong)
- POEM IN RUNNING SCRIPT
- ink on gold-flecked paper, hanging scroll
signed Yu Ti (by the emperor himself), dated renwu (1762), the third lunar month, with two seals of the artist, xin jing, qian, long, and three collectors' seals, song xiao lian bao cang yin, ji lin song xiao zi gu huan shi shou cang jin shi tu shu zhi yin
Literature
Catalogue Note
Titleslip:
Poems by Gaozong, the Pure Emperor, on important sites around Jinling upon his third Southern Inspection. Inscribed by Ding Shiyuan for Mr. Songpu in the seventh year, when both were in Fengtian.
Artist's inscription:
A steep precipice pierces the Yangzi River, soaring by itself like a swallow. In the west it flows through the Mofu Mountains; in the east it verges on the Yi Peak. A verdant path leads into a cinnabar cliff, where flowers and trees create a luxurious picture. The spring winds have three times passed over, every time resting in the lofty clouds. This natural obstacle cannot be surmounted, a heavenly moat--what can mortals do? As the Southern Dynasties came and went, the verging waters sighed long and loud. In late spring in the renwu year (1762), inscribed by the Emperor.
Poems by Gaozong, the Pure Emperor, on important sites around Jinling upon his third Southern Inspection. Inscribed by Ding Shiyuan for Mr. Songpu in the seventh year, when both were in Fengtian.
Artist's inscription:
A steep precipice pierces the Yangzi River, soaring by itself like a swallow. In the west it flows through the Mofu Mountains; in the east it verges on the Yi Peak. A verdant path leads into a cinnabar cliff, where flowers and trees create a luxurious picture. The spring winds have three times passed over, every time resting in the lofty clouds. This natural obstacle cannot be surmounted, a heavenly moat--what can mortals do? As the Southern Dynasties came and went, the verging waters sighed long and loud. In late spring in the renwu year (1762), inscribed by the Emperor.