Anonymous (19th/20th century)
Hunting Scene and Calligraphy
The painting in ink and color on silk, depicting a hunting scene featuring a central male figure wearing a blue surcoat (bufu) astride a dappled horse, surrounded by other officials on horseback and carrying arrows and spears, with other spectators and attendants in a pavilion nearby, the retinue followed by a palanquin and a trader wrangling goods-laden camels; mounted separately the calligraphy in ink on paper, the main text in standard script a diary of a western journey possibly of the Kangxi Emperor, at the far left inscribed with a date reading the fifth year, tenth month of Yongzheng's reign (1728) and signed Jishanshi with two seals; followed by two inscriptions variously bearing signatures reading Li Guo (1679-1751) and Yang Kun, each with three seals.
20 3/4 x 138 1/4in (52.5 x 351cm) the painting;
20 3/4 x 150in (53 x 381cm) the calligraphy