Flowers, birds, and insects
15th century
- Medium
- Ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- 33.8 × 272.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-125259
Bamboo and a variety of flowers, including squash flowers, daisies, camellias, and dandelions, grow in a natural setting. Butterflies, bees, and beetles appear throughout the scroll. A warbler and a pair of finches cling to the flower and berry braches searching for small insects. This well-composed and executed painting, which is based on a Sung work, bears a spurious signature of Ch'ien Hsuan (…
Provenance
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Registry history
- 15th century — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art
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