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Birds on a Tree above a Cataract

宿禽激湍圖

1127–1279

Li Di 李迪

(Chinese, c. 1100-c. 1192)
Culture
China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
Medium
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
Measurements
Painting: 24.9 x 26 cm (9 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.); Overall: 37.6 x 59.4 cm (14 13/16 x 23 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1964.155
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Location
Not on view
Print
An ink and color painting on silk, mounted on a patterned cream border, depicts a gnarled tree rising from a rocky outcrop on our left. Two pale, long-tailed birds perch on a branch extending rightward over churning, foamy waves. Red square seals are stamped in the upper left and central right, punctuating the muted, sepia-toned composition. Small bamboo leaves sprout near the tree's textured base.

Birds on a Tree above a Cataract

1127–1279

Li Di

(Chinese, c. 1100-c. 1192)
China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

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