Length:107cm(42.13in)Width:50.5cm(19.88in)This is a vertical scroll painted by court?official artists of Qing Dynasty, colour?painted on silk, in original antique mounting with two?tone light?grey and cream?white silk?mount and mahogany rollers. Meticulous heavy?colour painting on aged silk depicts white?plum blossoms and nandina domestica. Vigorous plum branches are dotted with pale flowers, nandina bears bright plump red berries with layered foliage. Crickets and katydids are vividly rendered on slope?ground plants with fine?detailed antennae and limbs. The scroll is filled with imperial?poetry transcribed by multiple court officials in neat official?script small regular calligraphy, accompanied by artist?inscriptions and seals. Numerous Qing?imperial?collection seals are neatly distributed on margins and upper section. Following Qing?academy flower?and?bird tradition, it features refined line?and?wash technique, gorgeous?yet?elegant colouring and solid realistic skill. The silk bears natural ageing traces and remains complete. It is a valuable Qing court artwork integrating painting, imperial calligraphy and imperial?collection seals.

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