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Plum Blossoms in Moonlight

月梅圖

first half of the 1300s

Yan Hui 顏輝

(Chinese, active 1270–1310)
Culture
China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
Medium
album leaf, ink on silk
Measurements
Image: 26 x 28.3 cm (10 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.); Overall: 33.3 x 40.4 cm (13 1/8 x 15 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1978.49
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Location
Not on view
Print
A circular ink on silk painting depicts a gnarled plum branch extending from the lower left, its dark limbs curving upward across a warm brown background. Light gray ink conveys delicate five-petaled blossoms and rounded buds clustered along the branches. The dense, textured trunk tapers into fine twigs reaching toward the upper right. A small column of black calligraphy anchors the lower right, balancing the composition's asymmetrical weight.

Plum Blossoms in Moonlight

first half of the 1300s

Yan Hui

(Chinese, active 1270–1310)
China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

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