Flowers and Birds

Pan  Gongshou,  1741 - 1794
Hanging  scroll,  colour  on  paper,  131cm  by  62cm,
Qing,  18th Century.

A  brace of  pheasants  in  gorgeous  plume,  resting  on  rockwork
among  peony  blossoms  and  under  a  flowering  magnolia  tree.

The  artist,   in  his  own  inscription,  acknowledges   having   been
inspired    by   a   similar   painting   by   the   famous   court   artist,
Jiang  Tingxi   (1699 - 1732).