Lot 102 謝身灌（約活躍于1751年）鹿壽圖 絹本設色 鏡框 | XIE SHENGUAN (ACTIVE C.1751)

謝身灌（約活躍于1751年）鹿壽圖 絹本設色 鏡框 | XIE SHENGUAN (ACTIVE C.1751)

Deer, cyclically dated to the Xinwei year of the Qianlong reign, corresponding to 1751, and of the period

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Deer, cyclically dated to the Xinwei year of the Qianlong reign, corresponding to 1751, and of the period
Ink and colour on silk, the deer standing amongst rocks and foliage, signed Xie Shenguan, accompanied by calligraphy by Chen Bending, recording the painting as a gift from Shenguan to Chen Bending, framed and glazed, mounted on silk. 160.5cm (63 1/4in) high x 82cm (32 1/4in) wide.
Footnotes
謝身灌（約活躍于1751年）鹿壽圖 絹本設色 鏡框
款識：曉山身灌
玉露初零，涼生海國，曉山謝君來自昆陵，贈鼎長幅古柏，千尋壽藤，葳甤垂於其下，一鹿昂首仰承，蓋取受天百祿之義，用筆蒼潤生動，入元人閑奧。辟翁老世伯文章經濟，才品過人，儜見循聲卓越，恩綸寵擢，受祿無量，鼎小子敬獻是幅爰為左券。時乾隆辛未立春後三日湘山陳本鼎拜書于蟬硯書屋。
鈐印：身灌 杏源 陳本鼎印 家貧酒債多 醉后常稱老畫師
Provenance: Evaristo Caretti (1879-1955), China and Italy, and thence by descent
Noted in a letter dated to 1983, by Paul Moss, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, to Giovanni Caretti
Evaristo Caretti (1879-1955)，中國及意大利，並由後人保存迄今
在倫敦古董商Sydney L. Moss Ltd.任职的Paul Moss，于1983年寫給Giovanni Caretti的信中曾提及此件拍品
The inscription may be translated as:
Xie Shenguan (謝身灌) was a Qing dynasty painter from Shan county, Henan Province, with the courtesy name of Xiaoshan. He was particularly proficient in landscape paintings. For further information, see (中國近現代書畫家辭典), Tianjin, 2000, p.511.
Chen Bending (陳本鼎), a native of Xiangtan, Hunan Province, with the courtesy name of Xiangshan, served as Assistant Magistrate of Datong County (大同縣縣丞), Shanxi Province during the Qianlong reign. See (湘潭歷代詩詞選 上), Xiangtan, 2013, p.261.
See a 'deer' painting of similar theme and composition, signed by Shen Quan (1682-1760), Qing dynasty, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing (acc.no.新00005575).