51,4 x 52,2 cm Condition Chen Ruikang (1935-), China, dated 1963, Scholar's Study in a Bamboo Grove. Hanging scroll, ink and colours on paper. Signature: "Painted by Yu'an at the beginning of winter in the year guimao (1963)". Three seals of the artist: "Yu'an", "Chen Ruikang yin", "Yiqie Weixin zao". One collector's seal: "Luo lu zhencang". Chen Ruikang, style name Yu'an, alias Ningzhai, from Xinhui in Guangdong, was born in Ho Chi Minh City, graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei and lives in the United States. He is especially adept at painting landscapes, flowers, and birds in the xieyi style (freehand).-Acquired at B?diger, Bonn, 4th May 1979, auction 180, no. 1087-Good condition