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‘CAT AND BUTTERFLIES’
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2023年11月30日 开拍
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‘CAT AND BUTTERFLIES’

China, 17th century. Ink, watercolor, and gouache on silk. Mounted as a hanging scroll, on a silk brocade coated paper frame with ivory handles. The charming painting depicting a crouching cat looking at a pair of butterflies, its tail appearing to dance in sync with the fluttering butterflies, beside a large blooming peony sprig.

Provenance: French trade.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, some creasing and fading, tiny losses. The mounting in very good condition with usual traces of wear.
Important notice: Please note that we will need to remove the ivory roller ends before shipping / handing over the item. The roller ends are not part of this offer.

Dimensions: Image size 32.5 x 39.5 cm, Size incl. frame 114 x 52.3 cm

Cats and butterflies are symbols of longevity. The word for cat in Chinese (mao) is a homophone for the word for octogenarian, and the word for butterfly (die) sounds the same as that for a septuagenarian. Thus, the combination of the cat and butterflies here conveys the wish that the recipient might live a long life of seventy or eighty years.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related silk painting of a cat, rock, and peonies in the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, accession number F1909.245r.

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拍品估价:2,400 - 5,000 欧元 起拍价格:2,400 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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