ATTRIBUTED TO SHEN QUAN (QING DYNASTY)

ATTRIBUTED TO SHEN QUAN (QING DYNASTY)
BIRDS AND BAMBOO

A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on silk, inscribed and signed, with two illegible seals, 181cm x 97cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Jean Brediam (d.1949), who was the Director General of the Municipal Services of the French Concession in Shanghai until 1940. In 1946 he returned to China and was appointed the Head of the Shanghai office of the French Economic Mission.

沈銓（傳） 竹林鳥語 設色絹本 立軸
題識：歲次癸祁嘉平月擬元人摹，南蘋沈銓。
來源：Jean Brediam收藏（逝於1949年）。他曾擔任上海法租界市政總署署長，直至1940年。1946年，他再次返回中國，並被任命為法國經濟使團上海辦事處負責人。