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• Lot n° 770 China, Qing Dynasty 61,5 x 37,5 cm / 82 x 57 cm The Bodhisattva Guanyin standing on a lotus flower. Framed, 61.5 x 37.5 cm, gold pigment on black-tinted paper. Artist’s signature: ‘Painted by the subject Yu Zhiding.’ Two seals of the artist: ‘Seal of the subject Zhiding’ (chen Zhiding yin), ‘Painted with reverence’ (jing hui). Top right, an inscription by Liu Lun (1711-1773): a seven-word poem, signed: ‘Respectfully written by the Buddhist disciple Liu Lun’. Two seals: “Subject Lun” (chen Lun), “Respectfully written” (jing shu). Old South German private collection, collected before 1990 Yu Zhiding was, for a time, court painter to the Kangxi EmperorÄera (1662-1722) and also held a post in the Ministry of Rites. He worked primarily as a figure painter and also produced portraits using the pure line technique. This depiction of the Bodhisattva Guanyin, standing on lotus petals and pouring nectar from his flask, could be a later imitation of his style. Liu Lun was a Hanlin scholar, minister and Grand Secretary at the imperial court during the Qianlong era. He was also a renowned poet and calligrapher who, as co-compiler of the imperial catalogue of calligraphy and painting, Shiqu baoji, was commissioned by the emperor to inscribe images from the imperial collection.