Hunting with birds of prey, Chinese hunting scenes, Newly invented Chinese, drawn with great difficulty and published, by P: Schenk Jun, third part, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 11, 12, Chinese landscape with two horsemen with a hunting or bird of prey on their hand. On the left two figures with a birdcage. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, 1727 - 1775, paper, etching, height 161 mm x width 254 mm, landscapes in the temperate zone, Chinese, fowling, fowler, A detailed ink drawing shows a riverside scene with a multi-tiered pavilion set among rock formations and trees on the far bank, a stairway leading down to the water, and a distant mountain silhouette; several birds fly across the sky while two riders on saddled horses face each other near the water, one rider wearing a tall hat and holding a bird perched on the arm and the other wearing a conical hat with a bird perched on the hand; in the foreground two seated figures on ...
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Hunting with birds of prey, Chinese hunting scenes, Newly invented Chinese, drawn with great difficulty and published, by P: Schenk Jun, third part, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 11, 12, Chinese landscape with two horsemen with a hunting or bird of prey on their hand. On the left two figures with a birdcage. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, 1727 - 1775, paper, etching, height 161 mm x width 254 mm, landscapes in the temperate zone, Chinese, fowling, fowler, A detailed ink drawing shows a riverside scene with a multi-tiered pavilion set among rock formations and trees on the far bank, a stairway leading down to the water, and a distant mountain silhouette; several birds fly across the sky while two riders on saddled horses face each other near the water, one rider wearing a tall hat and holding a bird perched on the arm and the other wearing a conical hat with a bird perched on the hand; in the foreground two seated figures on the near bank gesture toward the riders and a cylindrical basket with an open top sits beside them, while rippling water and scattered rocks fill the space between the banks.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Hunting birds prey Chinese hunting scenes Newly invented drawn great difficulty published P Schenk Jun third part print album page ornamental print Series number 11 12 Chinese landscape two horsemen bird hand left two figures birdcage Print part album printmaker Pieter Schenk Ii Amsterdam 1727 - 1775 paper etching height 161 mm x width 254 mm landscapes temperate zone fowling fowler detailed ink drawing riverside scene multi-tiered pavilion set rock formations trees far bank stairway leading down water distant mountain silhouette several birds fly across sky two riders saddled horses face near rider wearing tall hat holding bird perched arm wearing conical hat foreground two seated figures near bank gesture riders cylindrical basket open top sits beside them rippling water scattered rocks fill space banks

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