Description:
Handscroll Depicting Flora and Fauna, China, in the manner of Qian Xuan (1239-1299),including fruit, vegetables, plants, flowers, crawling creatures, flying insects, and sea creatures in a continuous scene, with a calligraphic poem as written in the Shiqu Baoji, Vol. 15, Ch. 13, signed "Wuxing Qian Xuan" with a seal reading "Shunju," six collectors' seals, four at the beginning and two at the end, painting 11 1/4 x 71 1/4 in.
Provenance: From the estate of Kai Suhr, who supplied Chiang-Kai-shek's army in China between the years of 1938-1939.
Estimate $800-1,000
brittle silk with signs of deterioration and discoloration; tear, creases, minor loss of mineral pigments.
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Keywords
Kai Suhr, ChinaSuhyung Kim
Director, Asian Works of Art
508-970-3263
Helen Eagles
Deputy Director, Asian Works of Art
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