Fan painting, China, 19th-20th century Ink and watercolor on paper depicting a swallow flying through plum blossom branches, accompanied on the right by an inscription: 壬寅夏作為 / 軒四表弟大人清暑 / 葚園奭 - "Made in the summer of the renyín year (cyclical date corresponding to 1842 or 1902). / Given to my honorable cousin Xuan Si for summer refreshment". Signed Shenyuan Shi. No information has been found about this painter. Sight size: 24 x 50.5 cm Framed under glass. Provenance : From an important private collection belonging to a Dutch noble family.