A MAGNIFICENT LARGE IMPERIAL COURT PORTRAIT OF HA GUOXING, FORMER COUNSELLOR-MINISTER AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF XI'AN
A MAGNIFICENT LARGE IMPERIAL COURT PORTRAIT OF HA GUOXING, FORMER COUNSELLOR-MINISTER AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF XI'AN QIANLONG CYCLICAL BINGSHEN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1776 AND OF THE PERIOD The painting is executed in ink and colour on silk, depicting the military official, Ha Guoxing, who is portrayed standing proudly with one hand on a bow held close to his shagreen encased sabre, both partially hidden behind the figure, the arm raised under his long pointed beard, the oval face naturalistically rendered with high cheek bones and a long nose, the pursed thin lips provide a serious, majestic expression, wearing a fur-trimmed official's hat surmounted by a coral bead and trailing a single-eyed peacock feather, the waist fastened with a quiver fitted with eleven long arrows, the portrait has a dedication above the yellow silk, written in Chinese and followed by Qianlong Bingchen chun Yuti , 'The Imperial writing of Emperor Qianlong, in the Spring of the Bingchen year', below an oval imperial seal, Qianlong Yulan Zhibao , 'By Imperial inspection of Emperor Qianlong', ending with a long Manchu inscription 73 1/4 x 37 1/4 in. (186 x 94.5 cm.)
A MAGNIFICENT LARGE IMPERIAL COURT PORTRAIT OF HA GUOXING, FORMER COUNSELLOR-MINISTER AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF XI'AN
A MAGNIFICENT LARGE IMPERIAL COURT PORTRAIT OF HA GUOXING, FORMER COUNSELLOR-MINISTER AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF XI'AN QIANLONG CYCLICAL BINGSHEN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1776 AND OF THE PERIOD The painting is executed in ink and colour on silk, depicting the military official, Ha Guoxing, who is portrayed standing proudly with one hand on a bow held close to his shagreen encased sabre, both partially hidden behind the figure, the arm raised under his long pointed beard, the oval face naturalistically rendered with high cheek bones and a long nose, the pursed thin lips provide a serious, majestic expression, wearing a fur-trimmed official's hat surmounted by a coral bead and trailing a single-eyed peacock feather, the waist fastened with a quiver fitted with eleven long arrows, the portrait has a dedication above the yellow silk, written in Chinese and followed by Qianlong Bingchen chun Yuti , 'The Imperial writing of Emperor Qianlong, in the Spring of the Bingchen year', below an oval imperial seal, Qianlong Yulan Zhibao , 'By Imperial inspection of Emperor Qianlong', ending with a long Manchu inscription 73 1/4 x 37 1/4 in. (186 x 94.5 cm.)
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