Ma Hai Feng Life-size Flying Green-winged Teal Pair

Ma Hai Feng (b. 1945) Hong Kong, 1987 30 in. tall, 30 in. wide

Ma Hai Feng's family of artists reached back over 900 years. The artist was recognized and trained by the Chinese government as a child prodigy. At age fourteen, he was marked by his teachers to become a head of one of the four art schools in the country. After fleeing mainland China and setting up an art school in Hong Kong, the artist traveled to the United States. He entered his pieces in the Bird Carving World Championships and won many awards in the professional class in the 1980s. He also won the Ward Foundation's "Best in World" award in 1985. The Smithsonian held a one-man exhibition of his work that same year and he has been collected by Prince Philip, Caroline Kennedy, and the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum. This animated work depicts two teal in flight and is signed and dated on the top of the base. Original paint with light wear. As found.

Provenance: Private Estate, New York

Provenance

Private Estate, New York