WANG Xi
Birds and flowering plants
(mid 14th century)

Medium
ink, pigments on silk

Measurements
106.3 × 55.2 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1999

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
China

Inscription
stamped in red ink (in Chinese characters)(in image) l.l.: (WANG's seal)

Accession Number
1999.95

Department
Asian Art

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Physical description
Painting, hanging scroll. Naturalistically representing a 'bird and flower' theme. Two sparrows, one standing on an eccentric rock the other hanging from a stem of bamboo, face each other. Above them is rose marrow and flowering hibiscus, small flowering plants grow at the base of the rock and above it a low bamboo clump forms a canopy. A spring recedes to the right of the painting.

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WANG Xi
Birds and flowering plants
(mid 14th century)