Bird on a Camellia Branch
ca. 1000
Medium
Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
7 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (20.0 x 22.5 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Song dynasty (?) (960–1279)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
Accession Number
13.100.115
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *Bird on a Camellia*, a delicate gem from around 1000, attributed to artist Huang Jucai or by an unidentified hand during China's Song dynasty (960–1279). intimate painting, originally a fan mounted as an album leaf measures just 7⅞ x 8⅞ inches and uses ink and color on silk. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Asian Art Department, it captures a bird perched gracefully amid blooming camellia branches, evoking the refined elegance of Song-era aesthetics. The Song dynasty marked a golden age for Chinese painting, particularly the bird-and-flower genre, where artists celebrated natur...
About the Artist
Huang Jucai|Unidentified artist ( | ) · 0933 | –1000 |
Chinese, Song dynasty, 933–after 993|