In the style of Li Fangying (1695-1754)

Description:

China, 19th c.
88 x 44,5 cm
Ink on paper, mounted as a hanging scroll. Depicting a high square vase with orchids and a round bowl with bamboo. Sign. Qingjiang. Seal: Qingjiang de bi.
Formerly from a German private collection, acquired at Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, auction 201, 29/30 October 1974, lot 185 (hammer price: 900,- DM) - Minor wear
Li Fangying (1696-1755) was a Qing Chinese painter from Jiangsu. He served as a county magistrate for 20 years. As a painter he is best known for painting plant imagery specifically pines, bamboos, plum blossoms and orchids. He was one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou