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Ducks under Reeds
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Ducks under Reeds

1400s · hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

The artist realistically represented that the Mandarin duck is a sexually dimorphic species, meaning males and females differ in appearance.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineDucks under Reeds (蘆鴨圖), 1400s. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk; overall: 122.5 x 79.4 cm (48 1/4 x 31 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Charles L. Freer, 1915.117

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