Tao Zhifen, Red Plum Blossoms, China, dated 1978. Hanging scroll, 45,5 x 45 cm, ink and colors on paper. Signature by the artist: "Beauty in Coldness. In the first month of the year 1978 painted for Mister Xiang Bojie, the seventy six years old man Tao .. in Yejing". Three seals of the artist: "Seal of Tao Zhifen" (Tao Zhifen yin), "Shoubo", "Wanshilou". One collector's seal: "Xiang Bojie". A colophon mounted above the painting with a poetic inscription, signed: "For Mister Xiang Bojie, written by Guoqi Peng Tao in Yejing at the age of seventy three". One seal: "Guoqi Peng Tao" - Property from a German private collection, assembled between 1970 and 1985 - Traces of age