Dan tang di
1780
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1780
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Dan tang di is a 1780 paint by Unknown, a Qing Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a plant with green leaves and red flowers. The plant is in the center of the image, and it has many branches with leaves and flowers. The background of the painting is white, and there are some other plants and trees around the main plant. The painting is very detailed, and you can see every leaf and flower clearly. The painting is called "Dan tang di" and it was made between 1770 and 1790. It is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. If you want to learn more about this style of painting, look up the Romanticism movement.
A rectangular watercolour painting from 1780, rendered in subdued tones, features a plant with small oval leaves arranged in a repeating pattern alongside a few multi-petalled red flowers and buds, possibly depicting *dan tang di*. The work was acquired from E. Parsons and entered the collection in 1889, as recorded in the Asia Department registers during a 2022 provenance research project.
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