明 佚名 （舊傳）吳炳 枇杷 扇|Bird on a Loquat Tree

Art Historical Context

This delicate fan painting, titled *Bird on a Loquat Tree*, dates to China’s Ming dynasty, most likely the mid- to late 16th or early 17th century. in ink and color on silk, the work was originally designed as a functional folding fan before being carefully mounted as an album leaf for preservation—a common practice that allowed such intimate objects to be enjoyed as art rather than discarded when the fan wore out. Although once attributed to the Song-dynasty master Wu Bing, scholars now regard the artist as unidentified, reflecting the many anonymous yet highly skilled painters active during ...