Lot 27
  • 27

BIAN WENJIN (15TH CENTURY) CRANE AND PHEASANT

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll



Inscribed, and with six seals

Literature

Ch'eng Hsi, A Study of some Ming and Ch'ing Paintings in the Mu-Fei Collection, Hong Kong, 1965, p.5

Condition

- Overall fair condition for age. - Vertical creasing and cracking with associated loss and restoration over entire length of the painting. - Loss and wear to edges. - Colours of the painting of a slightly more sombre tone than in the illustration.
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