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清十八世紀晚期 / 十九世紀早期 玄天上帝啟聖錄圖 三開冊 設色絹本 鏡框
估價
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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描述
- Reverse of each with descriptive inscription on yellow silk
- Silk paintings
ink and color on silk, each delicately painted with a scene from an episode in the hagiography of Daoist deity Zhenwu, with the description of the full episode folded over and sandwiched between glass, framed (3)
來源
Max Meincke收藏，約1900年於北京入藏，後家族傳承
拍品資料及來源
The scenes portrayed are taken from the Xuantian Shangdi qisheng lu (The Record of the Emperor of the Dark Heavens), which tells the life story of the Emperor of the North, Zhenwu. The stories are believed to have been written during the Yuan dynasty.
The first leaf is titled Wu chu cheng zhen (Grinding the Bar of Enlightenment into a Needle). It portrays Zhenwu as a young man, discouraged by how long it is taking him to reach enlightenment. He encounters an old lady by a stream grinding an iron bar to make a needle. Inspired by her, he returns to his self-cultivation. It turns out the old Lady was one of the Three Pure Ones in disguise.
The second episode is titled Weizhang fen jian (Manifestation of the Powered Arrow). It depicts the day when a thick fog filled with pythons envelops General Nie Huqi and his army after they had been laying siege to the city of Yingzhou for three months. General Nie is shot in the eye by an arrow, which then turns to powder. It is later discovered that the arrow from a painting in the Zhenwu temple has disappeared and the people of the city realize that it was Zhenwu who saved them from the siege.
The third painting is titled Hengshan qu hu (Driving Tigers from Hengshan) and depicts Zhenwu in the guise of a Daoist priest surnamed Pei, driving the seven demonic tigers from Hengshan single handedly, while the officials and guards hide behind a rocky outcrop.
The first leaf is titled Wu chu cheng zhen (Grinding the Bar of Enlightenment into a Needle). It portrays Zhenwu as a young man, discouraged by how long it is taking him to reach enlightenment. He encounters an old lady by a stream grinding an iron bar to make a needle. Inspired by her, he returns to his self-cultivation. It turns out the old Lady was one of the Three Pure Ones in disguise.
The second episode is titled Weizhang fen jian (Manifestation of the Powered Arrow). It depicts the day when a thick fog filled with pythons envelops General Nie Huqi and his army after they had been laying siege to the city of Yingzhou for three months. General Nie is shot in the eye by an arrow, which then turns to powder. It is later discovered that the arrow from a painting in the Zhenwu temple has disappeared and the people of the city realize that it was Zhenwu who saved them from the siege.
The third painting is titled Hengshan qu hu (Driving Tigers from Hengshan) and depicts Zhenwu in the guise of a Daoist priest surnamed Pei, driving the seven demonic tigers from Hengshan single handedly, while the officials and guards hide behind a rocky outcrop.