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live November 17 | 02:00 PM
Gonnelli Casa d'Aste

251 - In the style of a Tang Dynasty artist, Emperor Ming (Tang Xuan Zong) tames a horse at the imperial horse training grounds. 19th century (?). Colored painting on paper. 1040 x 400 mm. Mounted on a scroll with a visible area within the frame measuring 1230 x 540 mm. The work reproduces an identical subject depicted in an ancient Tang Dynasty painting housed at the National Palace Museum in Taipei. The museum holds various scroll paintings depicting imperial horses and hunting scenes, including works associated with Emperor Tang Minghuang (Tang Xuan Zong (685–762), born Li Longji, the sixth emperor of the Tang Dynasty)—known for his patronage of the master horse painter Han Gan—as well as court works dating from subsequent dynasties. (1) In an old dark brown wooden box frame. With frame: 104.5 x 70.3 cm.

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€480

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Estimation

€480 - 960

Sale fees

30%

In the style of a Tang Dynasty artist, Emperor Ming (Tang Xuan Zong) tames a horse at the imperial horse training grounds. 19th century (?). Colored painting on paper. 1040 x 400 mm. Mounted on a scroll with a visible area within the frame measuring 1230 x 540 mm. The work reproduces an identical subject depicted in an ancient Tang Dynasty painting housed at the National Palace Museum in Taipei. The museum holds various scroll paintings depicting imperial horses and hunting scenes, including works associated with Emperor Tang Minghuang (Tang Xuan Zong (685–762), born Li Longji, the sixth emperor of the Tang Dynasty)—known for his patronage of the master horse painter Han Gan—as well as court works dating from subsequent dynasties. (1) In an old dark brown wooden box frame. With frame: 104.5 x 70.3 cm.

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Auction details

Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Art - Session II
Tuesday, November 17
02:00 PM
Via Fra Giovanni Angelico, 49
50121 Firenze, Italy

Auction house

Gonnelli Casa d'Aste +39 0 55 26 82 79 aste@gonnelli.it
On Drouot for 1 year avec More than 5,000 lots published

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