‘BIRD AND FLOWERS ON A SPRING DAY’, BY CHUN TAO, QING DYNASTYChina, 18th-19th century. Ink and watercolors on silk, with a silk brocade frame and mounted as a hanging scroll. Finely painted depicting a bird perched on a blossoming prunus branch.Inscriptions: Upper right, inscribed with a poem about birds and prunus, dated ‘on a spring day in the year of Gengwu’, signed ‘by Chun Tao’, one seal ‘Chun Tao’. Two seals. The exterior inscribed ‘Flower and bird painting by Chun Tao’. The exterior further inscribed in German ‘bird and flower’.Provenance: French trade, formerly in a German private collection.Condition: Some creasing, browning and soiling, few tears in the silk stabilized and with associated minor touch. The mount with creasing and minor soiling.Dimensions: Image size 52.7 x 37.5 cm, Size incl. mounting 208 x 47.3 cmAuction resultparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Sotheby’s New York, 27 September 2022, lot 806Price: USD 2,106 or approx.EUR 2,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: Xin Yue (Qing dynasty), flower and bird, ink, and color on silk, framedExpert remark:pare the related motif, colors, and materials. Note the size (76.5 x 35.7 cm).清代春濤款《春日花鳥圖》中國，十八至十九世紀，絹本水墨設色，挂軸。精美繪製桃樹枝頭青鳥報喜訊。款識：桃花開到三千嵗，青鳥飛來也白頭。時庚午春日春濤題。鈴印：春濤