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Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings (Bats, rocks, flowers oval calligraphy)

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.a
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Print
A horizontally oriented ink and color painting on paper across two pages depicts a landscape centered on a large red seal with stylized script. Flanked by orange bats, the seal sits above blue-toned bamboo and flowering plants where three more bats fly. Stylized green rocks anchored in the foreground sprout orange mushrooms. Gray, undulating clouds drift in the upper left, while gold leaf flecks create a shimmering effect across the tan background.

Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings (Bats, rocks, flowers oval calligraphy)

1700s

Zhang Ruoai

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

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