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GATHERING OF AUSPICIOUS SIGNS', AFTER GUISEPPE CASTIGLIONE, 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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04月17日 下午5点 开拍 /15天2小时
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'GATHERING OF AUSPICIOUS SIGNS', AFTER GUISEPPE CASTIGLIONE, 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURYChina. Ink, watercolors, and gouache on a silk ground, framed in a silk brocade border. Finely painted in vibrant shades of red and green, depicting a Song dynasty Ru-type bottle vase with raised bands set upon a carved wooden stand and containing an auspicious arrangement of plants, including bingdi lotuses, intertwined grain stalks, and arrowheads amid red, green, and pink lotus blossoms and leaves.Inscriptions: To the lower left, with a seal mark.Provenance: French trade. Acquired from an estate sale in Paris, France. Condition: Good condition with minor wear, little creasing, browning, and few stains. The frame with scratches and nicks.Dimensions: Image size 152 x 84.5 cm, size incl. frame 102.4 x 170 cmFramed behind glass. (2)Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766), in Chinese known as Lang Shining, was an Italian Jesuit painter who served as an artist at the imperial court under the emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong. He painted in a style that is a fusion of Western and Chinese traditions and spent many years in the court painting various subjects, including the portraits of the emperor and empress.In the first year of the Yongzheng reign, two auspicious signs appeared that were interpreted as Heaven's will to herald the new emperor's accession. A 'bingdi' lotus seed pod sharing a single stem with divided calyxes had been spotted in the pond, each uniformly round with exactly eighteen seeds per pod. The Bingdi lotus symbolizes 'two hearts united as one' and was seen as a sign for the Mandate of heaven. In addition, the emperor had received news of a bountiful wheat harvest in Shandong Province of several hundred stalks of auspicious grain with vividly purple stalks bearing double ears. In Chinese mythology the grain ear is symbolic of the imperial seed, thus auspicious grain is seen as representing the legitimate succession of imperial power. This legendary account of the Yongzheng Emperor receiving the Mandate of Heaven in 1723 is immortalized on silk in Giuseppe Castiglione's Gathering of Two Auspicious Signs. His work was received with such favor that merely days after Castiglione created the painting, an imperial decree granted him six individuals to study painting under his tutelage. He painted two subsequent paintings with a similar composition, which laid the foundation for Castiglione's position in the palace.The various plants featured in this work all symbolize the virtuous governance of the Yongzheng Emperor, and his legitimacy as the successor to the imperial throne.Literature comparison:Compare with an original version of 'Gathering of Auspicious Signs' by Guiseppe Castiglione, dated 1723, in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, reference number 故畫000803N000000000. Compare with an original version of 'Gathering of Auspicious Signs' by Guiseppe Castiglione, dated 1725, 109.3 x 58.7 cm, in the Shanghai Museum, reference number CI00160744.Auction result comparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Bonhams London, 6 November 2018, lot 711Price: GBP 3,750 or approx. EUR 5,700 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: After Lang Shining (20th century), PeoniesExpert remark: Compare the similar subject and materials. Note the later dating and size (197 x 53 cm).

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