A Chinese Still Life Painting of Flowers and Vessels Celebrating Chinese New Year

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), 18th or 19th century, colors and ink on silk, inscription to upper left together with two red seals, a very finely painted still life painting of auspicious items to celebrate the new year, which include lush pink peony blooms in an archaic bronze vessel next to a dish with ripe fruit, a brush pot decorated with pine and crane and containing a sprig of coral, all under a robin's blue crackle vase with elegant yellow chrysanthemums, brocade mount surrounds the painting, presented under glass in a black and gilt frame.

Frame dimensions 57 3/4 x 24 1/4 in., Image size 44 1/4 x 17 3/4 in.

Collection of Michael and Ingrid Kelly, Worldwide Gallery Antiques, Fredericksburg, Virginia From the personal collection of antique gallery owners Michael and Ingrid Kelly who owned Worldwide Gallery Antiques, dealing with antiques for over sixty-five years, retiring to Fredericksburg, Virginia, where they filled their own residence with Asian and Belle Epoch fine arts and antiques.

Overall even toning of silk; some tears to silk with loss to lower left; some ares of restoration; some creasing; area of wear with loss to left side of frame; not examined outside of the frame.