明/清 項聖謨 梅花 扇|Branch of Blossoming Plum
The Met
Artist: Xiang Shengmo(Chinese, 1597–1658)
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold paper
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 20 in. (16.5 x 50.8 cm)
Credit Line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Black ink painting of a flowering branch, calligraphic text, and red seal on a light brown fan
Detailed Description
The artwork is a painting on a light brown, fan-shaped surface. The fan has visible vertical ribs, indicating its structure. A thick, gnarled branch, painted in varying shades of black ink, extends diagonally from the lower right towards the upper left. The branch is widest at the bottom right, showing textured bark with lighter gray washes, and gradually thins as it stretches across the fan. Numerous small, five-petaled flowers, rendered in black ink with some lighter gray centers, bloom along the main branch and its smaller offshoots. Some flowers are fully open, while others appear as buds. The flowers are distributed across the entire length of the visible branch. In the upper left quadrant, several vertical columns of black calligraphic text are visible. Below and slightly to the left of the text, a square red seal is stamped, partially overlapping the calligraphy. The background of the fan is a uniform light brown color.
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