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Landscapes, Flowers and Birds

Xiang Shengmo

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a painting of a branch with flowers. The painting is on a beige background. The branch is drawn in gray ink and extends from the bottom-right corner to the top of the image. It has several smaller branches extending from it, some of which are bare and some of which have small white flowers with black centers. There are Chinese calligraphy characters in black ink on the top left side. There is a red seal in the middle left side. The overall style of the painting is traditional Chinese art.

Artwork Details

Date
dated 1639
Medium
Album of eight paintings; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
492 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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