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JIAO BINGZHEN - A RARE AND IMPORTANT ZITAN AND PAPER WOODBLOCK-PRINT ALBUM 'YUZHI GENGZHI TU', China, Kangxi reign,dated 1696
h cm 33 x l cm 25
Comprising a zitan wood cover decorated in gold, attributed to Zhu Gui (朱圭), and forty-six illustrated leaves by Jiao Bingzhen (焦秉貞), twenty-three dedicated to agriculture and twenty-three to silk production, each accompanied at the bottom by annotations attributed to the Kangxi Emperor.
清康熙三十五年（1696）内府刊本《御制耕织图》，焦秉贞绘，朱圭、梅裕凤刻，紫檀描金木夹板经折装。全书四十六幅，耕、织各二十三幅；卷首康熙御制序，每幅版画配康熙帝御题七言诗及楼璹旧题五言诗，钤内府御玺。版画融合中西透视技法，完整记录清代农桑生产全过程，为清代殿版画经典，原为内府赏赐重臣之用。
目录注释：可参阅伦敦大英博物馆藏一件设色本，馆藏编号1949,0709,0.1（链接）。
Catalogue Notes:
Commissioned by the Kangxi Emperor in its best-known form and first printed in 1696 at the Imperial Printing Press. The original Gengzhi Tu was compiled by Lou Shou during the Song dynasty, around 1237, and comprised forty-five illustrations accompanied by poems. The 1696 edition by the court painter Jiao Bingzhen is known as the Yuzhi Gengzhi Tu (御制耕织图), or Imperial Gengzhi Tu, referring to the Emperor’s commission, and displays a strong European influence.
Two original 1696 editions are recognised, one with red seal impressions above the illustrations and the other with black seal impressions. The present example belongs to the red-seal version and is in exceptionally good condition for its age.
The first volume includes six pages of preface in cursive script (caoshu), written in the Kangxi Emperor’s own hand in 1696, and three imperial seals impressed in dark red. These are followed by twenty-three plates illustrating the cycle of agricultural activities, from the preparation of the fields to the sale of rice, culminating in rituals of thanksgiving to the deities for the harvest. The second volume comprises twenty-three plates dedicated to the various stages of silk production, each accompanied at the bottom by handwritten annotations attributed to the Kangxi Emperor.
See the colour-painted example in the collection of the British Museum, London, inventory no. 1949,0709,0.1 (link).
See the colour-painted example in the collection of the British Museum, London, inventory no. 1949,0709,0.1 (link).
See also the album sold at Christie’s, live auction 1185, The Hanshan Tang Reserve Collection, 14 May 2013, London, lot 97 (link).
清康熙三十五年（1696）内府刊本《御制耕织图》，焦秉贞绘，朱圭、梅裕凤刻，紫檀描金木夹板经折装。全书四十六幅，耕、织各二十三幅；卷首康熙御制序，每幅版画配康熙帝御题七言诗及楼璹旧题五言诗，钤内府御玺。版画融合中西透视技法，完整记录清代农桑生产全过程，为清代殿版画经典，原为内府赏赐重臣之用。
目录注释：
另可参阅佳士得于2013年5月14日在伦敦举行的「寒山堂珍藏」（The Hanshan Tang Reserve Collection）现场拍卖（拍卖编号1185）中成交的一册，拍品编号97（链接）。
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