ANONYMOUS (MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY)

ANONYMOUS (MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY)
A COCKEREL BENEATH A FLOWERING PEONY TREE

A Chinese painting, ink and colour or paper. A cockerel spies a butterfly as he stands on a rocky outcrop beneath a flowering peony tree. The upper left has two artist’s seals, above is a poem which can be translated as:

'It is rare that blood does not stain the veins of his comb.
Walking boldly, he is distinguishable from the others.
On a rock, he holds himself like a banner, elegant and full of dignity.
He presides over the dawn and announces the evening.
He can be heard over the whole world.'

Framed, 123cm high, 49.5cm wide.

Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949.

Published: Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.430-431.

佚名 五德圖

設色紙本 鏡框

題跋：血鮮不染首冠文，步履分章喜食羣，石上雄昂壽富貴，司晨報曉世間聞。癸巳嘉平題並書。

鈐印：蔺森之印、莊如、半窗花語

來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。

出版：Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁430-431。