Bird on a branch; Monkey
Ink on paper, two hanging scrolls.
The bird painting signed Jiapu and with artist's seals, the monkey painting painted at age 81, corresponding to year 1863. 103cm (40 1/2in) high x 29.5cm (11 5/8in) wide and 68cm (26 3/4in) high x 29cm (11 7/16in) wide. (2).
Footnotes
岸岸岱 猿 水墨紙本 立軸 一八六三年
江稼圃 鳥憩枝頭 水墨紙本 立軸
款識:誰見入河蟾衣紋,空憐繞樹應驚飛。清光舊照我年來,白髮稀多情惟有。稼圃。
鈐印:「江大來印」「稼圃」
Provenance: Dr. Joseph McDermott (1945-2022), Cambridge, acquired in Japan in the 1980s
Exhibited: St. John's College, Cambridge University, Chinese Paintings of the Literati: An Exhibition of Highlights from the Collection of Dr. Joseph P. McDermott, St. John's College, Cambridge, Cambridge, March 2026 (the monkey painting)