Ink and color on silk, mounted as a scroll painting in a silk brocade frame with wooden handle. China, 17th century or earlier

Song-style depiction of a large blossoming group of peony flowers in red, white and purple. Above the flowers a flying bird with brown feathers. A corresponding bird on a rock underneath the flowers. Inscribed in the painting at the upper right side in Chinese ‘Gengzi [illegible] yue Baiyun waishi Nantian sanren’ (= made in the [?] month of the year Gengzi) and signed with 2 illegible artist seals. ‘Baiyun Waishi’ and ‘Nantian’ could be artist names. YUN SHOUPING (1633-1690) for example used these names among others. On the outside of the scroll inscribed ‘5351 SUNG TIME TERAS FLOWERS AND BIRD’ and an old Japanese collector’s label

Shape: Rectangular vertical shape
Dimensions: 108,5 x 41 cm (painting size)
Condition: Age-related condition, cracks and wear, the upper part with partial losses in the material
Provenance: Austrian Private Collection

十七世紀水墨設色紙本花鳥富貴立軸
品相與時代相符，部分裂縫，上方局部材料損失，
上下裝幀処有撕裂
奧地利私人收藏