ink and color on silk, framed and glazed finely painted with twelve different parrots including a macaw, cockatoo, and an African grey, each resting on a flowering or leafing branch, inscribed and with two seals of the artist

Knapton Rasti, London, 6th April 2004.

Overall in good condition. There are bands of red mildew across the painting, which may not be removed by remounting. The silk is tanned with uneven tone due to age and exposure to sunlight, and overall with minor scattered dirt and foxing.
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Sun Weifeng was a Qing court painter active during the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods, who studied under Giuseppe Castiglione. His father, Sun Fu, was a court painter during Kangxi's reign.