Shen Yongling (active late 17th Century)  Squirrel on Pine Branch, 1696
Shen Yongling (active late 17th Century)
Squirrel on Pine Branch, 1696
Ink on paper, hanging scroll, inscribed and dated bingzi (1696), signed Yizhi Shen Yongling, followed by two square seals of the artist reading Shen Yongling Yin, and Yi Zhi. 50 7/8 x 22 3/8in (129 x 56.7cm)
Sold for US$ 10,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Published: Suzuki Kei, comp. Chugoku kaiga sogo zuroku: Daiikkan, Amerika-Kananda hen (Comprehensive illustrated catalogue of Chinese paintings: Volume 1, American and Canadian collections), Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1982, A48-1.

    Shen Yongling, who used the zi Yizhi, was active in the early Qing dynasty, receiving his juren degree in Shunzhi 5 (1648). Another scroll by him, dated 1694 and also of squirrels, is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

    沈永令 松枝鼠雀 水墨紙本 立軸 一六九六年作

    款識:
    丙子(1696)夏日一指沈永令寫

    鈐印: [沈永令印] [一指]

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Paintings


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