Artist: Tian Shiguang 田世光 (1916 - 1999)Bamboo and MagpiesInk and color on paper, Yisebiao mount, Vertical Axis Hanging scrollPainting (Sight): Length: 103,5 cm, Width: 34 cmDated: In The Winter Month of Xin You Year (1981)Signed/Seal(s): Signed, with Three Artist seals Provenance: The Exceptional Collections of Lieutenant General Cai Wenzhi 蔡文治 (1911 - January 9, 1994), Courtesy Name: Dingwu 定武, Spouse: Madame Wu Peiqi 吳佩琪 (Wu Peifu's 吳佩孚's younger sister). Cai Wenzhi born in Huanggang County, Hubei Province (Xinzhou District, Wuhan City). Graduated from the ninth period of the Whampoa Military Academy and the thirteenth period of the Army University. Lieutenant General of the National Revolutionary Army.For more information about General Cai Wenzhi 蔡文治, please follow this link: http://www.LaurenAuctions.com/CaiWenzhi/The collections of General Cai Wenzhi 蔡文治 presented and offered up to auctions from Lot-97 to Lot-157ARTIST BIO: Tian Shiguang 田世光 (1916 - 1999) was a Beijing native, living all his life in Liulang village, Haidian District. In 1933, he enrolled in the Jinghua Art Institute in Peiping, studying flower-and-bird painting. From 1937, he worked as a researcher in the Beijing Antiquities Bureau. After the founding of the People's Republic, he taught at both the Central Art Academy and the Academy of Arts and Crafts.Tian is best known for his flower-and-bird paintings, some of which have been included in the collection of the China Art Gallery.品相报告: Over all in EXCELLENT Condition. Natural imperfection on the medium (paper or silk), regardless from any major damages; includes light blooms, discoloration and minor fading. Consider normal due to the ages. Frame with normal anomalies in nature, sign of stressed surface, minor scratch & dents. Surface traced wear and or declined to gilding. Normal, consider ages and wear. The bidder assumes responsibility for ensuring that the condition of the item(s) meets with their satisfaction prior to bidding. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, and is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. LAUREN Auctions Galleries shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.