ZHAO HUAN 趙é°. SPARROWS SEATED ON PLUM TREE. Hanging scroll, ink and colors on paper. China, 20th century. SIZE SHEET 130 x 29,5 CM, SIZE IMAGE 107,7 CM x 20,5 CM
An elegant painting with daffodils under a grey rock, bamboo and white flowers, as well as two sparrows (Suzume). Inscription and signature: For my esteemed friend Hua Qin è¯æ¬½. In the mid-summer of the renwu å£¬åˆ year (probably 1882), painted by Shaoyuan Zhao Huan in Jingsha. (è¯æ¬½å°Šå…„大人雅屬å³æ­£. 壬åˆä»²å¤ä¹‹å‰å°‘åœ’è¶™é° ? ç•«æ–¼èŠæ²™.) Seal: Shaoyuan’s inscriptions and paintings (Shaoyuan shuhua 少園書畫, negative). From a German collection