LOT DETAILS

Materials:

ink on gold-flecked paper, folding fan

Measurements:

6.30 in. (16.00 cm.) (height) by 17.52 in. (44.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed chen Cao Kuiyin gonghua ('Respectfully painted by your humble servant'), and with two seals of the artist, chen cao kui yin, gong hua. The reverse, signed yu lin ('copied by the Imperial hand'), and with three seals of the Qianlong emperor, san xi tang, qian long chen han, xiu se ru chuang xu

Provenance:

Christie's Hong Kong, Dragon & Phoenix-800 Years of Patronage, November 1, 2004, lot 915