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SHEN QUAN (1682-1760), CRANE AND
DEER
Ink and color on paper, signed Shen Quan
Wuxing
China, ca. 1730-1740, Nanping School
Depicting a red-crowned Manchurian crane
(Grus Japonensis) confronting a deer under
a tree, surrounded by dominating rockwork,
with blooming peonies and hibiscus plants.
Shen Quan was a Chinese painter. His
courtesy name was Nanpin (or Nanping)
and his sobriquet was Hengzhai. His works
became influential in Japanese Edo period
art. Shen was invited to Japan by a high
official. He arrived in Nagasaki in the final
month of 1731 with two students, acquiring
many Japanese students after his arrival. His
paintings soon became very popular, and
after his 1733 return to China he continued
to send paintings back to Japan. Shen
had many pupils while in Japan; his most
important was Kumashiro Yuhi, who in turn
taught So Shiseki and Kakutei. Other artists
influenced by Shen included Katsushika
Hokusai, Maruyama Okyo, and Ganku. Shen’s
paintings were popular for their realistic,
colored images of animals and flowers, and
three-dimensional trees and rocks.
Seals: 1. Shen Quan 2. Nanping 3. Zhu Jiuri
Duhua (this is a Japanese seal, the identical
81 seal also found for example on a painting by
A SIX-FOLD SCREEN WITH PAINTINGS FROM A Qian Du (1764-1844/45) in the Osaka City
QING-DYNASTY ALBUM Museum of Fine Arts)
The six album leaves painted on paper, laid down to Dimensions: 175 x 90 cm
a silk and paper screen, the screen itself in a wood Condition: Laid down on a wooden board;
and metal frame scratches, stained, creases, possibly trimmed;
China, the paintings Qing dynasty, 19 century or overall in fair condition, as visible on the
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earlier, the screen 20 century images
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Provenance: Austrian private collection
The painting depicts six different yet connected
scenes in vivid watercolors, with various deities Literature comparison: China Guardian
accompanied by their disciples, carrying plants in Auctions, December 19 , 2011, lot 1706.
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basins, some of these being small peach trees with Christie’s, September 15 , 1998, lot 98.
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their fruits. The work shows a good level of quality, (both for other crane and deer paintings by
with some very fine detail. this artist)

Shape: Six-fold screen 㰰戻炷1682-1760)˪ẁ浜冯渧˫
Dimensions: 264 x 120 cm 䳁㛔㯜⡐姕刚炻“⏛冰㰰戻⮓”
Condition: Good condition with some wear and ᷕ⚳炻䲬 1730-1740炻⋿厵㳦
traces of use, the paintings with significant abrasions ㍷丒Ḯᶨ㢝㧡ᶳ浜渧䚠⮵炻ẁ浜䩳㕤ⱑ䞛ᷳ
to paper, but mostly in the background, the actual ᶲ炻⚃␐㚱䚃攳䘬䈉ᷡ␴剁呱ẍ⍲㜦㧡ˤ
paintings still good ⌘: 1. 㰰戻 2. ⋿厵 3. 㛙ḅ㖍嬨䔓姀(⛐⎎
Provenance: Austrian private collection ᶨⷭ㓞啷Ḷ⣏旒ⶪ䩳伶埻棐䘬拊㜄 (1764-
1844/45)䔓ἄᶲ⎗㈦⇘䚠⎴啷⭞⌘)
㶭ẋℕ⯷Ṣ䈑Ⅎ枩⯷桐 ⯢⮠烉175 x 90 cm
⑩䚠列⤥炻㚱ṃ䢐㎵␴ἧ䓐䕽嶉炻ᷣ天⛐側朊㚱⼰⣏䢐 墅ⷨ⛐㛐㜧ᶲ炻㚱∫䕽炻㝻刚炻㐢䕽炻⎗傥㚱ᾖ
㎵炻䔓朊ᾅ䔁⼰⤥ −忶炻⤪⚾㇨夳㔜橼䉨㱩ᶵ拗
⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷 ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷
㔯䌣⍫侫烉ᷕ⚳▱⽟炻2011⸜12㚰19㖍炻1706
Estimate EUR 300,- 嘇㉵⑩烊Ἓ⢓⼿炻1998⸜9㚰15㖍炻98嘇㉵⑩
Starting price EUR 150,- 炷ℑⷭ㰰戻䘬˪ẁ浜冯渧˫炸

Estimate EUR 800,-
Starting price EUR 400,-

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