Picture of Chen Gua’s sketch game

[Chen Trichosanthes kirilowii sketch game volume]

The sketch game volume, Ming, Chen Trichosanthes kirilowii, paper, color, 29.8 cm vertical, 252 cm horizontal
This picture is Chen’s sketch, in which nine kinds of flowers, such as peony, orchid, magnolia, peach, lotus and narcissus, are painted from right to left, interspersed with swallow, butterfly, fish and shrimp, mandarin duck, etc. The flowers are boneless and can be used with both hooks. They are written with bird’s pen. They are lively and wild. The style of painting is more trivial than Chen Chun’s. At the end of the volume, the bottom left is entitled “Chen Gua’s Dramatic Brush”. The next seal is “Ancient Wu Chen Gua” and “Tuojiang Zi”. At the beginning, there are four words in the imperial inscription of Emperor Gaozong Hongli (Emperor Qianlong) of the Qing Dynasty, “creation is a teacher”. It was once collected by the Qing government
The collection is printed with “Treasure of Qianlong Imperial Tour”, “Treasure Collection of Shiqu”, “Treasure of Jiaqing Imperial Tour”, “Xuantong Imperial Tour”, “A Joy of Life with Excellent Writing”, etc
Description of Shiqu Treasure Collection, First Edition of the Qing Dynasty.