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ZHAO QI（1874-1955） DAI XI (1801-1860) The painting is inscribed:
Flowers Bamboos and rock
Ink and colour on paper, inscribed and signed Ink on paper, inscribed and signed by the artist, 萬葉千梢下筆難
by the artist on the sixth month of 1923, with two seals of the artist, framed and glazed. 一枝新綠盡高寒
framed and glazed. 117.5cm (46 1/4in) long 不知霧閣雲窗晚
148cm (58 1/2in) long x 80.2cm (31 5/8in) wide. x 33.3cm (13 1/8in) wide. 幾就扶蘇月影看
£3,000 - 5,000 £2,000 - 3,000 Which may be translated as:
CNY26,000 - 44,000 CNY18,000 - 26,000
‘It is hard to put the myriads of leaves on paper
癸亥年（1923年） 戴熙(1801-1860) 竹石圖 設色紙本 鏡框裝裱 A branch of new shoots green high and cold
趙起（1874-1955） 繁花圖 設色紙本 鏡框 in the mountains
裝裱 Unaware of the evening outside the misty pavilion
I approach and with a few strokes gaze at the
Compare with a similar painting of flowers moonlit shadows’
by Zhao Qi, of similar size, which was sold
at Sotheby’s New York, 17 September 2015,
lot 541.
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