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Flowers, birds, and insects
From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Bamboo and a variety of flowers, including squash flowers, daisies, camellias, and dandelions, grow in a natural setting. Butterflies, bees, and beetles appear throughout the scroll. A warbler and a pair of finches cling to the flower and berry braches searching for small insects. This well-composed and executed painting, which is based on a Sung work, bears a spurious signature of Ch'ien Hsuan (c. 1235-1300).
National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineFlowers, birds, and insects. 15th century. Formerly attributed to Qian Xuan 錢選 (late 13th century). National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
