清 傳沈銓 高堂雙壽圖 軸|Flowering Crabapple and Pair of Birds
The Met
Artist: Shen Quan(Chinese, 1682–after 1762)
Date: dated 1744
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 37 × 42 1/4 in. (94 × 107.3 cm) Overall with mounting: 90 1/4 in. × 51 in. (229.2 × 129.5 cm) Overall with knobs: 90 1/4 × 52 3/8 in. (229.2 × 133 cm)
Credit Line: Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Two long-tailed birds perch on a gnarled flowering branch near a dark, textured rock formation
Detailed Description
A vertical artwork in grayscale depicts two birds on a flowering branch, set against a light gray background. In the center-left, two birds with long, flowing tails and patterned feathers perch on a thick, gnarled branch. The bird on the left faces right, its body slightly obscured by the branch, while the bird on the right faces left, its long tail extending downwards. The branch is covered with numerous small, light-colored flowers, some in clusters, and dark leaves. The branch extends from the lower left towards the upper right, then curves downwards. To the right, a tall, dark, textured rock formation rises vertically, its surface appearing rugged and uneven. In the upper right corner, vertical lines of text are visible. The artwork is framed by decorative borders: a narrow, patterned dark border at the top and bottom, and wider, lighter patterned borders along the left and right sides.
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