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Hello 
I bought this painting aquarel on a fleamarket in the Netherlands

Can You PLEASE Translate the; 

1. Artists NAME? 
2. The inscription?

And

3. Is it something valuable?

4. China or Japan?


I hope you can give me an reply.

Thank you!!

With greetings from the Netherlands


Theo de Weerd

It is Chinese,
Signature,
釗賡　-　Zhaogeng (Given name of the artist)
Leisure seal,
石林人　-　(Man of the stone forest)
Presumably, contemporary artist.

With regards,
I.Nagy

Thank you.

Is this person the same?

Mr. K. Yung (1894-1983), formally named Zhaogeng, style name Xibai, pseudonyms Rong Zhai and Song Zhai, was born in Dongguan of the Guangdong Province. He was a famous paleographer and cultural relics connoisseur. He successively held teaching positions at Yanching University , Peking University, Lingnan University and Sun Yan-sen University. He also served as a member of the Antique Appraisal Committee of the Antique Institute in the Palace Museum, member of the Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relics Management Committee, and member of the National Committee of CPPCC.

In his late years, he donated all his collections, including Chinese paintings and calligraphies, letters by celebrities, books, to the nation. Receiving the largest number of collections by Mr. K. Yung, Guangzhou Museum of Art presents in this year the Special Exhibitions of Paintings and Calligraphies Donated by Mr. K. Yung, aiming at reorganizing the paintings and calligraphies donated by him through the exhibition catalogue. We selected more than five hundred works from more than one thousand pieces donated by him which are now in the museum's collection.

Dear Mr. de Weerd,
I have found he same website titled "Special Exhibition of Paintings and Calligraphies Donated by Mr. K. Yung"
First, in the text the name Yung is romanized in the Wade-Giles system, whilst the other names are given in Pinyin. The text is not translated into Chinese on the site - so the original Chinese version of K.
Yung is unknown. Normally. Yung is transcribed into Pinyin as Yong. The following "yong" characters are used in family names 永, 庸、雍、勇、-　and we know only that the given names beginns with K. in romanization.
The ominous Zhaogeng (釗賡）could be a different Zhaogeng (趙庚）too.

Furthermore, I coud not find Chinese paleographer with
family name Yung or Yong on the net. Without knowing
the full name with Chinese characters it is hopeless to find out anything from Chinese sites.

With regards,
I.Nagy

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