HUNDRED BIRDS PAYING HOMAGE TO THE PHOENIX

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4.000 € - 6.000 €

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Description:

China, signed, late Qing dynasty
167 x142,5 cm (172,5 x 148 cm R.)
Ink and gouache on canvas paper, four-part, framed under glass. On a black background, a phönx standing under a large flowering tree on a rock amidst blooming peonies, surrounded by carnations, mandarin ducks and peacocks. Sitting in the branches and flying around other pairs of birds. Lower right a signature: "chen Wang Chengpei gong hua" (respectfully painted by Wang Chengpei), followed by two seals: "chen", "Pei", repeatlly sealed lower left.
From an old European collection, assembled before 1990
Wang Chengpei (? - 1805), a native of Anhwei province, was a civil servant in the Qianlong dynasty. He excelled at poetry, calligraphy and painting, especially of flowers - Partially wear and cracks, minor restored

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