Four Chinese paintings by Shen Yan, two calligraphies and a Japanese painting...
Four Chinese paintings by Shen Yan, two calligraphies and a Japanese painting
Comprising: four paintings by Shen Yan, depicting various subjects including prunus, bamboo, yellow flowers, birds perching on bamboo branch, ink and ink and colour on paper, each signed by the artist, three with seals, 95 x 30.5cm, 94 x 42cm, 93 x 30cm; a red ground calligraphy dated 1974, 129.5 x 33cm; an oracle script calligraphy by He Weifeng from Shunde, 93 x 23cm; and a Japanese painting of mountainous landscape signed by the artist with three seals, 132 x 34.7cm (7).
二十世紀/明治 沈雁繪畫四副，書法兩幅，及日本畫一幅
Condition Report:
Paintings by Shen Yan:
Yellow flowers: staining, minor foxing and creasing to the mount and painting.
Birds on bamboo: creasing, foxing to the mount and painting, fraying to the edges of the mount.
Prunus: damage to the top of the mount, two torn areas to the mount, the longest of approx. 6.5cm. Foxing and creasing to the painting and mount.
Bamboo with flower: a teared area to the mount, of approx. 6.5cm long.
Red ground calligraphy: molding to the mount, creasing to the mount and calligraphy.
Oracle calligraphy: significant creasing to the calligraphy and mount, foxing through out, water stain to the mount.
Japanese painting: fraying to the mount, yellowing and creasing to the mount and painting, minor foxing to the painitng.
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Four Chinese paintings by Shen Yan, two calligraphies and a Japanese painting
Comprising: four paintings by Shen Yan, depicting various subjects including prunus, bamboo, yellow flowers, birds perching on bamboo branch, ink and ink and colour on paper, each signed by the artist, three with seals, 95 x 30.5cm, 94 x 42cm, 93 x 30cm; a red ground calligraphy dated 1974, 129.5 x 33cm; an oracle script calligraphy by He Weifeng from Shunde, 93 x 23cm; and a Japanese painting of mountainous landscape signed by the artist with three seals, 132 x 34.7cm (7).
二十世紀/明治 沈雁繪畫四副，書法兩幅，及日本畫一幅
Condition Report:
Paintings by Shen Yan:
Yellow flowers: staining, minor foxing and creasing to the mount and painting.
Birds on bamboo: creasing, foxing to the mount and painting, fraying to the edges of the mount.
Prunus: damage to the top of the mount, two torn areas to the mount, the longest of approx. 6.5cm. Foxing and creasing to the painting and mount.
Bamboo with flower: a teared area to the mount, of approx. 6.5cm long.
Red ground calligraphy: molding to the mount, creasing to the mount and calligraphy.
Oracle calligraphy: significant creasing to the calligraphy and mount, foxing through out, water stain to the mount.
Japanese painting: fraying to the mount, yellowing and creasing to the mount and painting, minor foxing to the painitng.
