SHEN QUAN (1682-after 1760)

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SHEN QUAN (1682-after 1760)

Flowers, Birds and Animals

Album of twelve leaves, ink and color on silk, each leaf measures 8½ x 12in. (21.5 x 30.5cm.)

a. Roosters, Daylillies and Rocks
One seal of the artist: Shen Quan

b. Two Monkies playing with Bees on a Peach Branch
Two seals of the artist: Nan; Ping

c. Cow and Swallows under Trees
Two seals of the artist: Heng Zhai; Shen Quan

d. Ducks entering the water under Willow Trees
Two seals of the artist: Nan; Ping

e. Two Cranes standing on a Pine Tree
Two seals of the artist: Nan; Ping

f. Two Deer under a Cypress
One seal of the artist: Heng Zhai

g. Mynahs frolicking in mid-air by a Willow
Two seals of the artist: Nan; Ping

h. Two Rabbits grazing by a Stream
Three seals of the artist: Shen; Nan; Ping

i. An Eagle chasing an Egret and Geese through a patch of Lotus
Two seals of the artist: Nan; Ping

j. A Cat catching a Butterfly under a Cassiabark Tree
Two blurred seals of the artist

k. Magpies by a Cliff and Stream
Three seals of the artist: Shen; Nan; Ping

l. A Tiger lying beside a Stream
Signed: "Nanping Shen Quan painted twelve (miniature) leaves after Northern Song Masters"
Dated changxia (summer solstice) of gengshen year of the Qianlong era (1740)
Two collectors' seals of Pei Jingfu (1865-1937)