Dim.: 1167 x 39,5 cm (including the mount)
Dim.: 333 x 34 cm (the painting)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally in very good condition, with some typical age-related wear to the paper, such as mild creasing and a yellow spot.
- Two cracks to the both sides of the connection between the painting and the silk mount.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 整体品相非常良好，部分纸本老化痕迹，如折痕和一个黄斑。
- 画的左右两侧的丝质装裱有开裂。

Provenance:
- A South German private collection.
- Acquired at Koller, Zurich, June 04, 2019, lot 283. (Sold CHF 53.980) (link)
- The collection of Jurgen Fischer, Ascona, author of Chinesische Kunst - ein Überblick über die wichtigsten Sammelgebiete.
- Sold at Koller, Zurich, May 16, 1987, lot 484.

Ref.:
- Illustrated in J.L. Fischer, Chinesische Kunst - ein Überblick über die wichtigsten Sammelgebiete, 1997, p.42.
- Exhibited: Schätze für den Kaiser - Meisterwerke Chinesischer Kunst, Roemer und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Germany, Nov. 2015-Dec. 2016.
- The slightly larger original scroll by Giuseppe Castiglione is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Taipei.
- A similar but also smaller scroll which refers to the original is by Ignatius Sichelbart (Ai Qimeng, 1708-1780), exhibited in the Tianjin Museum.