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Blossoming Plum

Tang Yifen

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a painting of a blossoming plum branch by Tang Yifen. The painting features a single branch of a plum tree with blossoms and buds, drawn in dark gray and black ink on a beige background. The background has small brown speckles and some white splotches. The branch is drawn with loose and expressive brushstrokes. The blossoms are small and have five petals each. The buds are small and rounded. The branch extends from the bottom center of the image to the top right. There is a red seal stamp in the bottom left corner. The seal stamp consists of several Chinese characters.

Artwork Details

Date
Dated 1840
Medium
Four album leaves; ink on gold-flecked paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
579 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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