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Blossoming plum

Jin Nong

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A vertical, beige-colored scroll painting depicting a blossoming plum tree. The tree has a thick trunk and multiple branches with small buds and flowers on them. The tree occupies most of the scroll. There are several lines of black Chinese calligraphy on the right side and a block of text and some red stamps in the top-left corner. There are also two red stamps in the bottom-left corner. The background of the scroll is beige with a textured appearance and a thin gold border around the edge. The scroll has black borders on both sides.

Artwork details

Date:
dated 1759
Medium:
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
298 × 625 px
Museum record:
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