178 x 47 cm Condition Li Mingzhi, China, dated 1924, Pair of Crows Flying above two Pines. Hanging scroll, ink on paper. Signature by the artist: "At the end of the jiazi year (1924) painted with the fingers by Shijun Li Mingzhi". Three seals: "Shijun", "Seal of Li Mingzhi" (Li Mingzhi yin), "Ink devil" (Momo). Li Mingzhi (1867-1933), style name Shijun, was from Yazhou in Sichuan. In his expressive finger painting he follows the famous finger painter of the Qing dynasty Gao Qipei (1660-1734).-Acquired at Klefisch, Cologne, 23rd May 1981, auction 18, no. 274-Water stains, minor restorations