清 任薰 海棠小鳥 扇面, Bird on a Rock by a Flowering Branch, Ren Xun, dated 1879

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清, 任薰, 海棠小鳥, 扇面, Bird on a Rock by a Flowering Branch, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), dated 1879, China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper, 7 x 20 7/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Ren Xun (Chinese, 1835–1893), Ren Xun painted this delicate fan in Suzhou, where he spent a good part of his artistic career before going to Shanghai. This work draws upon the highly representational style of the Southern Song (1127–1279) Imperial Painting Academy, merging exquisite drawing in fine contour lines with meticulously graded colored washes in a highly naturalistic image of great charm

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