ALBUM WITH 12 BIRD STUDIES BY CHEN YUANZHANG, QING

AN ALBUM WITH 12 DETAILED BIRD STUDIES, BY CHEN YUANZHANG, QING DYNASTY
China, dated Jiaqing wu yin year (1818). Ink and color on silk. The colophon reads Xieshan hua pin with one seal. Signed Chen Yuanzhang with three artist's seals. Overall a highly detailed work with cranes, peacocks, herons, quails, sparrows, woodpeckers and other birds amid various trees, bamboo, flowers and rockwork.

Provenance: The Chinese Art Gallery, Hong Kong. A private collector, by repute acquired from the above in 1967 and thence by descent within the same family. Old label from The Chinese Art Gallery to upper left of album front cover.
Condition: Some losses and creases, scattered wormholes, stains. The album mounting with tears, losses and extensive traces of use and wear.

Dimensions: 25.5 x 20.5 cm (each leaf) and 36 x 27 cm (the album)

Auction result comparison: Compare with an album of eight bird studies by the same artist sold at Xiling Yinshe Auction, 21 Sep 2019, Hangzhou, China, in Classical Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy, lot 594, sold for EUR €4,418 (CNY 34,500)

花卉珍禽冊頁，12幅，陳元章，清代
中國，嘉慶戊寅年（1818）。絹本設色。末頁落款"燮山畫品"一個印。陳元章落款及其三印。總體而言，冊頁裏詳盡描繪了仙鶴、孔雀，蒼鷺，鵪鶉，麻雀，啄木鳥和其他鳥類以及各種樹木、竹子、花卉和岩石。

來源：香港中國藝術藝廊。一位私人藏家，據説1967年購於上述藝廊，家族傳承。冊頁上可見藝廊標簽。
品相：一些缺損和摺痕，散佈蟲洞與污漬。冊頁裝幀上有水漬缺損和廣泛的使用和磨損痕跡。

尺寸：畫心分別爲25.5 x 20.5 厘米，冊頁36 x 27 厘米