Details
GAO QIPEI (1660-1734)
Mandarin Ducks
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, 47¾ x 22¾in. (121.2 x 57.8cm.)
Inscribed: "A friend brought me a pair of ducks. They look like loving birds, so I decided to paint them" (translated by Judith and Arthur Burling)
Signed: Pei
Four seals of the artist: Qi Pei, Gao Qi Pei, Jie Yuan, Zhi Tou Sheng Hou
Mandarin Ducks
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, 47¾ x 22¾in. (121.2 x 57.8cm.)
Inscribed: "A friend brought me a pair of ducks. They look like loving birds, so I decided to paint them" (translated by Judith and Arthur Burling)
Signed: Pei
Four seals of the artist: Qi Pei, Gao Qi Pei, Jie Yuan, Zhi Tou Sheng Hou
Literature
Burling, Arthur and Judith H., Chinese Art, New York, 1953, p. 121 (illustrated)