Chen Xing [Ch’en Hsing] (1603-1688 or later)

“Magpies on Snowy Branch” 1688

Hanging scroll, ink on silk
148.7 x 66.5 cm. (58 1/2 x 26 1/4 in.)

Inscription:
During a summer day in the year 1602, painted by the eighty-six-year-old man, Ch’en Hsing.”

Artist’s seals:
Ch’en Hsing chih-yin; and one illegible