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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品
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ATTRIBUTED TO SHEN QUAN (1682-1760) Shen Quan 沈銓 (1682–1760), courtesy name Nanpin 南蘋,
Finely painted on silk with ink and pigment, depicting various specialised in painting bird-and-flower paintings. His paintings were
exquisitely plumed birds amidst fruiting peach trees and flowers, with popular for their realistic, coloured images of animals and flowers,
three seals and calligraphic inscription. and three-dimensional trees and rocks. His works became particularly
319cm (125 1/2in) wide x 210cm (86 6/8in) long (3). influential in Japan after he went there in 1731 and established his own
school, acquiring many patrons. Even after his return to China in 1733,
£12,000 - 15,000 he continued to send paintings back to Japan.
CNY110,000 - 140,000
Compare with a related painting of peacocks under a tree, attributed
沈銓(傳) 花鳥 設色絹本 to Shen Quan, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 November
2015, lot 104.
Provenance: an English private collection
來源: 英國私人收藏
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