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Silver Pheasants under Spring Blossoms
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Silver Pheasants under Spring Blossoms

Ye Shuangshi · c. 1500 · ink; silk

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

This painting features a pair of silver pheasants scratching around a garden, while songbirds flit between rocks and a profusion of spring flowers: magnolia, crab-apple blossoms, peonies, roses, and orchids, as well as lingzhi mushrooms. Overall the painting conveys an auspicious message of everlasting prosperity. The painting's monumental scale suggests it was made to create a compelling and pleasing visual effect.

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Credit lineSilver Pheasants under Spring Blossoms. c. 1500. Ye Shuangshi. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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