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Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings (Peony)

1700s

Zhang Ruoai 張若靄

(Chinese, 1713–1746)
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Culture
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Medium
album leaf, ink and color on paper
Measurements
Image: 14.4 x 20.3 cm (5 11/16 x 8 in.); Album, closed: 15 x 10.8 x 3 cm (5 7/8 x 4 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift 1967.193.e
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Print
A horizontally oriented ink and color painting on tan paper depicts flowers with layered, orange-red petals. On the right, dense clusters of jagged green leaves splay outward around a single blossom. Three slender stems arch toward the left, carrying two rounded flowers with white-flecked centers and a small bud. Faint lines crisscross the background, while a vertical fold divides the composition, highlighting the delicate brushwork and textured foliage.

Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings (Peony)

1700s

Zhang Ruoai

(Chinese, 1713–1746)
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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