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Lot Description

Attributed to Emperor Qianlong

(Chinese, 1711-1799)

Old Man of the South Pole (symbol of happiness and longevity )
ink and color on paper, hanging scroll
signed and dated year Gengwu (1750), with a dedication, seven artist's seals.
乾隆皇帝（款）
（清，1711-1799）
南極老人圖
紙本設色，立軸
款識：灰飛緹室應書雲，遐算添同刺繡紋。邸第良辰欣有慶，天倫至樂貴無文。樽持北斗傾紅友，詩擬東坡壽卯君。從此每逢開裹歲，棣華歌繼九如聞。五弟與予同年，今四使壽辰，既賦詩志慶，茲復寫南極老人並錄前詩賜之以，示申錫之意云。庚午（1750）長至日御筆。
向在書室，值吾弟生日，每為詩畫祝壽，今無暇焉。值此開裹良辰，不覺技癢，率筆製此，願吾弟與老人星同期頤年。十五年前書齋倡酬之樂如在目前。養心殿之三希堂再識。
鈐印：古希天子、乾、隆、遊六藝圃、心清聞妙香、即事多所欣、筆花春雨

Image: 25 x 12 1/2 in., 63.5 x 31.2 cm.

Property from the Collection of Pauline and Seymour Kavesky, Michigan

Provenance:
Acquired from Rudi Oriental Antiques, New York, 1950s-1960s.

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