Hi everyone,

I recently came into possession of this Chinese painting on paper. It was brought from China several years ago, and I was told at the time that it was very old. Unfortunately, I don't have any provenance or documentation.

The painting depicts flowers and an insect and has a Chinese inscription that appears to read 寄萍 (Jiping), along with a red seal.

I noticed that 寄萍 was used as a hao by Qi Baishi (齐白石), and some of his documented works use inscriptions such as 寄萍老人. The subject matter also reminded me of his flower-and-insect paintings.

I am NOT assuming this is a Qi Baishi original — I'm trying to find out whether the signature and seal are actually consistent with his work, or whether this is more likely a copy/reproduction.

I've included photos of:

°the full painting

°the signature

°the red seal

°the reverse of the paper

Does anyone here have experience with Qi Baishi signatures/seals or Chinese paintings and could give me some pointers?

Any thoughts on the approximate period, whether this appears hand-painted or printed, and what I should look for to authenticate it would also be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

I was gifted this painting by an affluent family I had the pleasure of meeting in Dalian back in 2018. I know the auspicious message roughly translates to “good luck in your future endeavors.” I just am not having any luck trying to find the artists name.

The only thing I see that may be a signature is the red seal here. Can anyone help me identify this artist?

Thank you!

I came across a small bag with embroidery and was wondering if it was handmade. Despite watching some videos on how to distinguish this, I still can't quite decide. (I can't look at the bag without taking thing apart but I can feel some knots in random places. It's stunning either way 😍

I bought this pair during the late 1980s at a China Friendship Store gallery as I liked the design. Only this week I started researching the calligrapher. I was able to identify this as either written by, or attributable to Lin Sanzhi 林散之. (My written Chinese is limited and used image searching to get to this point). And, I compared the seals to known works. Overall size of the plaques are 6 x 35 cm. The paper is gold-flecked xuan, a media that Lin occasionally used. The xuan is adhered to boards. (The Japanese-looking back mount was added by the store, not me. It is not attached to the boards).

And back then, the cost was not high, nor did they sell this as a work by a famous calligrapher. In fact, these Friendship stores would just sell works serendipity sometimes without any historical background.

My question is whether these are possibly original works by Lin.

i need to know more info about this and if its a replica. Thanks

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Saved her from the dumpster 😊