The image depicts a painting titled "The Pleasures of Fishes" by Zhou Dongqing. The artwork features two gray fish with darker scales and fins. The larger fish faces right and has a wide open mouth; its body curves to the right. The second fish faces left and is smaller and further to the right. There are three air bubbles rising to the surface from the bottom. The background is beige with faint outlines of aquatic plants. Vertical black Chinese characters are on the left, and a red circular seal is in the top-left corner. The artwork is framed with a white border on the right and bottom.
Artwork details
- Date:
- dated 1291
- Medium:
- Handscroll; ink and color on paper
- Culture:
- China
- Dimensions:
- 598 × 326 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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