清 佚名 趙昌(僞款) 蜂王圖 卷|Yellow Roses and Bees, Pink Roses and Wasps
The Met
Artist: Unidentified artist|Zhao Chang
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Handscroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 9 15/16 × 79 5/8 in. (25.2 × 202.2 cm)
Credit Line: From the Collection of A. W. Bahr, Purchase, Fletcher Fund, 1947
Visual Descriptions
AI GeneratedVisual Summary
Brief Description
White roses and green leaves on a thorny branch, with bees, against a light brown background
Detailed Description
A horizontal painting features a branch of a flowering plant extending across a light brown background. The branch originates from the upper left, curving downwards and to the right, becoming thinner towards the bottom right corner. It is adorned with several large, open white or very pale yellow flowers, along with smaller buds. The flowers have multiple layers of petals, appearing full and soft. Dark green leaves, some in clusters of three or five, are distributed along the thorny stems. The leaves vary in size, with larger ones near the open flowers and smaller ones further along the branch. Several small, dark-bodied insects, possibly bees or wasps, with translucent wings, are depicted in flight around the flowers and leaves. There are two insects near the upper left flowers, and two more further to the right, one above and one below the main branch. The background is a uniform, untextured light brown. In the bottom right corner, a small, square red seal is visible.
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