盛治﹕一幅新發現的乾隆時期“澳門山水長卷”探析

In spring 2017, the author discovered a Qing landscape painting of Macao in The Lee Kong Chian Collection at the Museum of the National University of Singapore in Singapore. With a length of 318 cm and height of 30 cm, the painting, having never been noticed in any publication or record, is a major discovery for Macao’s history and culture. Combined with contemporary texts, maps and paintings, the author has examined its theme, features, intentions and especially the Macao Custom Office (Hopo or Guanbuxingtai) and Taxation Offices (shuikou) established in the Qing Dynasty. Roughly influenced by western painting techniques and created in the early or middle period of the Qianlong Reign (1735-1796), namely, the mid-eighteenth century, this long scroll of Macao landscape essentially remains a Chinese perspective and stands as a Chinese traditional piece of art, and could be regarded as a topographical painting. As the earliest and largest Chinese landscape painting on Macao, this scroll deserves further study for its historical, cultural and art value.