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800 Yuan Qian Li Jiang Shan Tu
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central field features an arrangement of traditional Chinese scholarly implements — brushes, ink stick, paper, and an inkstone — rendered in fine relief against a decorative ground framed by bamboo leaves and a classical Chinese lattice window motif. The legend 中华人民共和国, denoting the issuing authority, is inscribed along the upper periphery in Chinese characters, with the year of issue 2023 positioned in the lower field. The overall composition evokes the literati artistic tradition of classical China. |
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| Reverse description | Depicts a sweeping panoramic segment of the renowned Northern Song Dynasty masterwork Qian Li Jiang Shan Tu (A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains), attributed to the court painter Wang Ximeng, reproduced in richly detailed polychrome relief showing undulating mountain ranges, winding waterways, and verdant landscape. An inscription in Chinese characters identifying the work as 北宋千里江山图 (Northern Song Dynasty, Qian Li Jiang Shan Tu) appears within the design. The face value 800元 is inscribed in the field. The composition captures the monumental scale and distinctive blue-green ink palette characteristic of the original silk scroll painting. |
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Qian Li Jiang Shan Tu — "A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains" — is a Northern Song dynasty handscroll attributed to Wang Ximeng, who completed it in 1113 at around eighteen years of age, reportedly after direct instruction from Emperor Huizong. The painting survived the fall of the Song, passed through the Ming imperial collection, and is now held by the Palace Museum in Beijing. It has been publicly displayed only a handful of times in modern history, most recently for a single month in 2017, due to the fragility of the mineral pigments.