Xu Beihong (1895-1953)Cat and Butterflies
Ink and colour on paper, mounted scroll
Inscribed and signed Beihong, with one seal of the artist and one collector's seal
Dated renwu year (1942)
Poetry hall inscribed and signed Guan Zhenmin, with a dedication and two seals of his, dated bingxu year (1946)
Painting: 98.4 x 40.8cm (38¾ x 16in)
Colophon: 29.6 x 40.8cm (11⅝ x 16in)注脚徐悲鴻　靈貓戲蝶圖　設色紙本　鏡心　一九四二年作
管震民題詩堂

詩堂：
靈貓戲蝶。丙戌（1946）小春月，玉魁先生雅屬並正，管震民時年六十又七，同客檳榔嶼。

款識：
玉魁先生、倩如女士共賞，悲鴻，壬午（1942）。

鈐印：（徐）東海王孫
（管）震民之缽、綠天廬主
藏印：伯郊所藏