Artwork
Untitled
Untitled is an ink painting. It dates from 1777 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
About this work
Technique & Style
The work is a fan mounted as an album leaf painted in ink and color on silk, depicting a bird. It measures 27.9 cm in height and 27.3 cm in width, and was created in China in 1777.
The painting is classified as a still life and is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection, where it is catalogued as an anonymous work.
History & Provenance
It is classified as a still life painting and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it remains on display.
Untitled is a fan painted as an album leaf depicting a bird, created in 1777 in China using ink and color on silk. It is classified as a still life painting and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it remains on display.
The work is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is a fan mounted as an album leaf, executed in ink and color on silk, and is classified as a painting.
No specific accession number is recorded in the available sources, and no exhibition history is documented.
Context
The work is classified as a still life painting of a bird, created in China in 1777 as a fan mounted on an album leaf using ink and color on silk. It is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Scholarship situates this anonymous work within the broader context of 18th-century Chinese painting, reflecting contemporary artistic practices and genre conventions.
The painting's depiction of a bird aligns with traditional symbolic motifs in East Asian art, though its specific stylistic interpretation remains part of ongoing academic discussion regarding anonymous works from this period.
Overview
The work is an ink and color painting executed on silk that has been affixed to a fan and subsequently mounted as a leaf within a traditional album. The composition features a single bird positioned beside a piece of porcelain, rendered with meticulous attention to feather detail and surface texture.
Subject & Meaning
The central figure is a bird, depicted with fine line work that emphasizes the softness of its plumage. Its proximity to a fragment of china suggests a juxtaposition of natural and crafted beauty, a theme often explored in decorative arts to highlight harmony between living creatures and human-made objects.
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