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Subject:17th century Chinese painting
Posted By: melqart Sat, Aug 09, 2014 IP: 178.95.217.25
Hi Everyone,

This painting has been in my possession for a while. And as a newbie in Asian art have many questions about it. All the information I have comes from the British Museum notes on the backside of the framing:

British Museum
N85

Painted by:
YUN HSUAN
artist untraced
might be 17th century

Does anyone have any idea if that information is correct? If so can the artist be traced nowadays?
I would highly appreciate any thought and opinions.

Dimensions: 25 x 33,5 cm








Subject:Re: 17th century Chinese painting
Posted By: rat Mon, Aug 11, 2014
Possibly, yes. The inscription reads "yunxuan hua", or "painted by Yunxuan, which is a nickname rather than the artist's actual name, whose surname appears in the first seal as Wang. There is a Qing artist named Wang Guoshi who used Yunxuan as a nickname but your seal suggests that your painter is using a different character for the surname Wang than his. Clearer photos of both seals would help identify your artist.

Subject:Re: 17th century Chinese painting
Posted By: melqart Tue, Aug 12, 2014
thanks a lot!

hope this photo helps.



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Subject:Re: 17th century Chinese painting
Posted By: rat Thu, Aug 14, 2014
Unfortunately not, but perhaps the first seal reads Wang shi, or something like Mr. Wang. Can you try to add contrast to a closeup of the second seal please?

Subject:Re: 17th century Chinese painting
Posted By: melqart Sun, Aug 17, 2014
Sorry about the quality of my photos.
Hope this one will help



Subject:Re: 17th century Chinese painting
Posted By: melqart Sat, Jan 24, 2015
Dear rat,

Thank you very much for your help indeed.
Could you check the closeup photos of the seal with added contrast I have uploaded.

Thank you very much in advance.

Subject:Re: 17th century Chinese painting
Posted By: melqart Mon, Jul 11, 2016
It's been a while since the topic started, but i wonder if anyone could still help identify the artist? I hope that the close up photos of the seal are sufficient. If not I can try to take some better ones. I'm looking forward to any ideas. Thanks a lot in advance.

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