After Leng Mei (active 1703-1717) China, Republic period Je 40,7 x 52 cm Two Scenes with Court Ladies and the Emperor, China, handscroll, paintings each 40,7 x 52 cm, ink and colors on silk. The two scenes with signature: „Respectfully painted by your subject Leng Mei“. Each with one seal of the artist: „Your subject Leng Mei“ (chen Leng Mei). Before and after the paintings two calligraphies by Liang Shizheng (1697-1763), each with the seal „Shizheng zhi yin“. Frontispice with four characters written by the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736-1795), with five seals of the Qianlong Emperor: „Qianlong yubi“, „Qian“, „Long“, „Sanxitang“, „yi er zisun“. Two colophons by the Qianlong Emperor in Manchu script, each with his seals. At the end of the scroll the big Imperial seal: „Seal of the Emperor“ (Tianzi zhi bao) in Chinese und Manchu. On the paintings six seals of the Imperial collection of the Qianlong Emperor: “Qianlong yulan zhi bao”, “Sanxitang jingjian xi”, “Yi zisun”, “Shiqu baoji”, “Shiqu dingjian”, “Baoji chongbian” - According to the present owner from an American family collection, acquiered prior 2007 Traces of age