QIAN XUAN (1235-circa 1305)

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QIAN XUAN (1235-circa 1305)

Autumn Bird perched on a Wutong Branch

Two album leaves mounted back to back, ink and color on paper, each leaf measures 9½ x 11¾in. (24 x 30cm.)

a. Painting
Unsigned and without seals
One collector's seal of Pei Jingfu (1865-1937)

b. Running Script Calligraphy (xing shu)
Signed: Yanxi Weng Qianxuan Shunju
Three seals of the artist: Shun Ju, Qian Xuan Zhi Yin, Han Mo You Xi
One colophon by Qian Zhai (1299-1394) and with five seals
Literature
Pei Boqian, Zhuangtao Ge Shuhua Lu (A Record of Paintings and Calligraphy in the Author's Collection), reprinted by Zhonghua Bookstore, Taiwan, 1970, p. 449