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Anonymous (14th/15th Century)
Phoenix, Peony and Wutong treeHanging scroll, ink and color on silk, with a total of six collector's seals, the first, upper right, an archaic ding-form seal, the characters not legible, with three seals along the left edge, Gui'an Lu Xinyuan shending, Lu Shihua cang and Chen Ding pingsheng zhenshang, and three along the right edge, reading Zhen shang, Zhang shi Zibo jianshang, and Miujin zhai zhencang yin.34 x 14 3/8in (86.4 x 36.5cm)
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佚名 玉堂富貴 設色絹本 立軸The unknown artist's painstaking attention to the details suggests that the artist followed the gongbi tradition in the genre of the bird and flower painting, which can be traced back to the 10th century and artist such as Huang Quan (903-965). The naturalistic style presented in current lot is similar to those court painters' work. For instance, the Yuan dynasty painter Wang Yuan's Taozhu jinji tu (Peach Blossom, Bamboo, and Golden Pheasant) in the Shanxi Bowuguan, and Yin Hong (ca. 1430-1500) Birds Gather Under the Spring Willow in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. The fine feathers of the phoenix, layered hues of the delicate peony petals, and subtle rendering of the colors not only reveal the painter's deft skills, but also reflect their keen observation of nature. The collectors' seals on the painting testify that the work has been appreciated by art enthusiasts at least from the 17th century onward, each collector known for their excellent connoisseurship in painting, calligraphy, and rare books. For example, Lu Shihua (1714-1779) published several books discussing arts, such as Wuyue suo jian shuhua lu and Shuhua shuoling. Lu Xinyuan (1834-1894) built a private library Bisong Hall in which stored his manuscripts and rare book collection.