‘CRANE AND DEER’, BY SHEN QUAN (1682-1760)China, ca. 1730-1740. Ink and watercolors on paper. Finely painted with a confronting crane and deer, the crane with beak agape standing on a craggy rock with its long neck twisting and head lowered toward the deer below, which also turns its head to face the crane with a lively expression, all amid peonies, hibiscus, and bamboo below a towering tree.Inscriptions: Center left, signed ‘Shen Quan Wuxing’. Three seals, ‘Shen Quan’, ‘Nanping’, and ‘Zhu Jiuri Duhua’ (this is a Japanese seal, the identical seal is also found for example on a painting by Qian Du (1764-1844) in the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts).Provenance: An Austrian private collection. Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 16 June 2018, lot 82, sold for EUR 8,216 or approx.EUR 10,000 (adjusted for inflation at the time of writing). A noted collector from New York, acquired from the above.Condition: Fair condition with some wear, scratches, staining, creasing, possibly trimmed, small losses. Laid down on a wood board.Dimensions: Size 175 x 90 cmFramed behind glass. (2)Shen Quan (ca. 1682-1760) was active during the Qing dynasty and painted in the Ming academic style. Shen was very influential in Japan, inspiring an entire school of painting, the Nanping School, which flourished in Nagasaki during the Edo period, after Shen’s arrival there in 1731, and was named after the artist’s courtesy name. Shen had many pupils while in Japan; his most important was Kumashiro Yuhi, who in turn taught So Shiseki and Kakutei. Other artists influenced by Shen included Katsushika Hokusai, Maruyama Okyo, and Ganku. Shen's paintings were popular for their realistic, colored images of animals and flowers, and three-dimensional trees and rocks.Auction resultparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2018, lot 1007Price: HKD 500,000 or approx.EUR 64,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: Shen Quan (1682-1762), Cranes and DeersExpert remark: Note the similar size (184 x 101 cm).13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer’s – only for buyers within the EU.沈銓 (1682-1760)款《鶴鹿同春》中國，約1730-1740年，紙本水墨設色。工筆滿繪鶴鹿同春圖，空間襯以參天大樹、山石與芙蓉花等。仙鶴立於石上，小鹿在一旁休憩，神態活潑，構圖豐滿。款識：吳興沈銓 寫；鈴印：沈銓，南屏；收藏印：朱九日讀畫記