Lot 964: JIN KUN (ACTIVE CIRCA 1662-1746)

HISTORICAL FIGURES

Album of twelve leaves, ink on paper
9.4 x 10.1 cm. (3 3/4 x 4 in.)
Last leaf signed: chen, Jin Kun gonghua (painted by your respectful servant)
Each leaf with a corresponding leaf with an essay relating to the historical figure depicted, written in small standard script calligraphy by Liang Shizheng (1697-1763)
Last leaf signed: chen, Liang Shizheng jingshu (written by your respectful servant), with one seal: Shi Zheng
Eleven collectors' seals, including:
Emperor Qianlong (r.1736-1795): Qian Long Yu Lan Zhi Bao, Shi Qu Bao Ji, San Xi Tang Jing Jian Xi, Yi Zi Sun, [Qian Long Jian Shang], (complete set of five seals) Qian Qing Gong Jian Cang Bao, Nei Fu Zhen Mi, Qian Long Yu Lan Zhi Bao;
Emperor Jiaqing (r. 1796-1820): Jia Qing Jian Shang, Jia Qing Yu Shang, Bao Ji San Bian

Shiqui Baoji Sanbian, juan (chapter) 35, in Midian Zhulin Shiqu Baoji Hebian, Shanghai Bookstore, 1988, vol.10, pp.2428-29

(US$23,200-28,400)