明/清 文止 疏影橫斜 扇|Plum Blossoms
The Met
Artist: Wen Zhi(Chinese, active mid-17th century)
Date: dated 1670
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold paper
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. (16.5 x 50.2 cm)
Credit Line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Fan-shaped painting of a flowering branch with white and reddish-pink blossoms on a light brown ground
Detailed Description
A fan-shaped painting features a flowering branch extending across a light brown ground. The fan is wider at the top and tapers to a narrower, curved bottom edge. Faint vertical lines are visible across the ground. A gnarled, dark brown branch with lighter brown and green accents begins in the lower right, extending upwards and then horizontally towards the left. The branch is thickest at its base and gradually thins as it stretches across the composition. Numerous small, delicate blossoms and buds are scattered along the branch. Some clusters of flowers are white with faint yellow centers, while others are small, round, and reddish-pink. The white flowers are more concentrated on the upper right portion of the main branch, while the reddish-pink buds are more prevalent on the thinner branch extending to the left. In the upper right quadrant, several columns of dark, calligraphic text are present, accompanied by two square red seals below the text.
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