Ink and color on paper, mounted as a scroll painting. China, 20th century

Depiction of an elegant slender bird with lavender blue feathers, with his thin long legs standing on a tree trunk. His neck and head turned slightly downwards and his wings half-raised. The long tail hanging to the right. Above leafy branches with small brown fruits. Inscribed in the painting at the upper right side in Chinese and signed with one artist seal: ‘Luanfeng heming / Yuxi sanren Zhu Cheng hua yu Shenjiang’ (=mythical bird Luan and phoenix are in harmony / Yuxi sanren Zhu Cheng painted in Shenjiang.’ ‘Zhu Cheng’ refers to the painter Zhu Cheng (1826—1900).

Shape: Rectangular vertical shape
Dimensions: 172 x 47 cm (painting size)
Condition: Heavy age-related condition, partly cracks and wear, the mounting and the lower part of the painting slightly ripped
Provenance: Austrian Private Collection

二十世紀仿朱偁水墨設色紙本鸞鳳和鳴立軸

品相與時代相符，部分裂縫，下方與裝幀処有撕裂
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