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Chinese painting with several seals

Posted By: rat
Posted Date: Jul 09, 2015 (12:31 PM)

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Good quality painting purporting to be by late Ming/early Qing painter Wan Shouqi 萬壽祺 and dating (given his birth and death dates) to autumn 1639. However, checking online reveals a wide variety of hands in works attributed to Wan, so you'll need to do some digging to authenticate this picture. The seal after the inscription is similar to but not the same as another known seal of Wan's. The other seals are collectors' seals. Could be an 18th century picture meant as a birthday present.

I don't have any specifics on the way the flower is held but you are right, it's not unusual. It seems to be an orchid, symbolically relating to beauty and unappreciated virtue. The lingzhi fungus held by the maid relates to immortality.

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