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Scent of Celestial Flora Handscroll, ink and colour on paper 28 x 112.5 cm. (11 x 44 1/4 in.) Signed, with one seal of the artist Inscribed with a poem by Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799), signed, with two seals Dated mid autumn, guiwei year (1763) Five colophons: Zhang Zhu (1287-1368), signed with three seals Li Qi (13th - 14th Century), signed with one seal, dated ninth month, gengzi year of the Zhizheng period (1360) Zhang Dashan (13th-14th Century), signed with one seal Chen Yi (1469-1538), signed with two seals, dated fourth month, xinsi year of the Zhengde period (1521) Tang Han (1887-1967), signed with one seal Sixteen collectors’ seals, including two of Mu Lin (?-1485), one of Wang Shizhen (1526-1590), one of Zhou Kianggong (1612-1672) and five of Emperor Qianlong Frontispece by Liu Kan (17th-18th Century) Accompanied by a wooden box with inscriptions of Chen Jieqi (1813-1884) on the reverse of the cover, a silk brocade wrap and a jade toggle. LITERATURE: Li Zuoxian, Connoisseurship in Paintings and Calligraphy (Shuhua Qianying) Book 5, 1871, pp.18-20. Sequels to Selections of Art Connoisseurship: Connoisseurship in Paintings and Calligraphy by Li Zuoxian, Hanhua Cultural Business Holdings Company Limited, Taipei, February 1971, pp. 319-323. Full Collection of Poetry by Emperor Qianlong, Volume 4, People’s University Publishing House, Beijing, August 1993, p. 723 (Imperial Poems Volume 3, Book [juan] 34).