Details

ATTRIBUTED TO GUAN DAOSHENG (1262-1319)

ORCHID

Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk
36.8 x24.2 cm. (14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Signed: Tianshui Guan Daosheng
Eight collectors' seals, including:
Xiang Yuanbien (1525-1590): Zi Jing, Xiang Zi Jing Jia Zhen Cang, Mo Lin Mi Wan;
Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736-1795): Shi Qu Bao Ji, Yi Zi Sun, San Xi Tang Jing Jiang Xi, Qian Long Jian Shang, Qian Long Yu Lan Zhi Bao

Literature

Zheng Zhenduo, yuwai Suo'cang Zhongguo Guhau Ji, n.d., Part V, Yuan Paintings, Vol. 1, p.10
Toan-zo shogafu (Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy in the To'an Collection), Hakubundo, Osaka, 1928, Paintings Section, no.7