REN YI (1840-1895)
PLANTAIN LEAVES AND COCKS
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper.
71¼ in. x 18½ in. (181 cm. x 47 cm.)
With two seals reading Ren yi chang shou and Dong chu chang shou
Inscribed to the paper mount Ding mou nian er yue nian ba ri zhi, which may be translated as 'collected on the eighth day of the second month of ding mou year'.