China, 1644-1912. Ink and watercolors on paper, matted and framed between two sheets of glass. Finely painted with a lotus blossom swaying in the wind above a large furled leaf with nibbles and small holes to the edges, a closed bud below, the stems finely detailed with small dots.

Inscriptions: Center left, 'painted in the school of Wuquan Mountain', and inscribed with a poem about lotus. Two seals, one reading 'lian'.

Provenance: From a private estate in Germany. The reverse with an old collector's number, '23'.
Condition: Good condition with old wear, soiling, creasing, minor losses, small tears to edges.

Dimensions: Image size 39.4 x 31.3 cm, Size incl. frame 76.6 x 49.6 cm

Literature comparison:
Compare a related painting depicting red lotus and fish, signed Tang Guang, dated to the Qing dynasty, 123.2 × 58.1 cm, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2017.327.3. Compare a related painting of ducks in a lotus pond, spuriously signed Liu I-chih, dated 17th-18th century, 123.1 x 43.1 cm, in the Walters Art Museum, accession number 35.66.