Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1496-1576 (artist)
Materials:paper
Technique:painted
Subjects:flower
Dimensions:Height: 72.30 centimetres (image) Height: 201 centimetres (scroll) Width: 30.50 centimetres (image) Width: 43.70 centimetres (scroll)
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Hanging scroll. Two delicate stems of flower-buds stand among the huge leaves of the tuberose plant – also known as the fragrant plantain lily – in this finely balanced composition. Lu Zhi called them ‘jade hairpin flowers’ in his accompanying prose poem (fu). He compares the flowers to Chang E’s jade hairpin (Chang E is the Daoist Moon Goddess). Painted in Ink and colour on paper.
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![图片[1]-hanging scroll; painting BM-1980-0325-0.5-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Paintings/mid_00289800_001.jpg)
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Materials:paper
Technique:painted
Subjects:flower
Dimensions:Height: 72.30 centimetres (image) Height: 201 centimetres (scroll) Width: 30.50 centimetres (image) Width: 43.70 centimetres (scroll)
Description:
Hanging scroll. Two delicate stems of flower-buds stand among the huge leaves of the tuberose plant – also known as the fragrant plantain lily – in this finely balanced composition. Lu Zhi called them ‘jade hairpin flowers’ in his accompanying prose poem (fu). He compares the flowers to Chang E’s jade hairpin (Chang E is the Daoist Moon Goddess). Painted in Ink and colour on paper.
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