Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1368-1644
Materials:silk
Technique:painted
Subjects:bird animal-fighting
Dimensions:Diameter: 27.30 centimetres (image)
Description:
Painted album leaf. Birds fighting. Ink and colour on silk.
IMG
![图片[1]-album; painting BM-1936-1009-0.5-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Paintings/mid_00134886_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-album; painting BM-1936-1009-0.5-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Paintings/mid_00240132_001.jpg)
Comments:Birds very often appear in pairs in Chinese paintings, usually symbolising courtship and marriage. Here they are fighting over food. The album leaf form was perfectly suited to bird and flower paintings, which were often given as gifts because the images had auspicious, or lucky, meanings.
Materials:silk
Technique:painted
Subjects:bird animal-fighting
Dimensions:Diameter: 27.30 centimetres (image)
Description:
Painted album leaf. Birds fighting. Ink and colour on silk.
IMG
Comments:Birds very often appear in pairs in Chinese paintings, usually symbolising courtship and marriage. Here they are fighting over food. The album leaf form was perfectly suited to bird and flower paintings, which were often given as gifts because the images had auspicious, or lucky, meanings.
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