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Shanghai School Scroll: Magpie & Prunus (1901) browse these categories for related items... Directory: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Paintings: Pre 1910: Item # 593599
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| A CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING FROM THE SHANGHAI SCHOOL: MAGPIE ON PRUNUS BRANCHES BY SHI WAY SHYY (1901). An energetic and spirited black ink scroll painting competently executed in the bold spontaneous strokes characteristic of the Shanghai school of Chinese brush painting. The subject matter is a magpie perched on prunus branches depicted in late winter bloom. We have not identified the painter who seems to use the sobriquet of “Taste Plum.” The seal is “Shi Way Shyy” which seems to refer to an historian living by a stream or valley. A poetic inscription makes reference to the passing of snow, the anticipation of spring with spring breezes not yet arrived, a relationship between white stone and clear water, prunus blooming, an admonition not to mention loneliness, rather consider this magpie which is happy to announce a sunny day in late winter. Indeed the prunus is elegant and rich in tonalities of sumi ink and the magpie is poised triumphantly on a sunny winter day. Happiness with a hint of melancholy. Painted and mounted on paper. We have not identified the artist or the seal. This is by a late Shanghai school painter done in the early 20th Century dated to the Chinese lunar year ‘xin chou’ (probably 1901). Dimensions: the mounted scroll measures approximately 85-3/4” long x 22” wide; the painting exclusive of mounting is 58-1/2” long x 15-1/2” wide. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU ON REQUEST. | ||
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