明 佚名 絹本設色 鳥販圖 軸|Bird peddler
late 15th–early 16th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 63 1/4 x 38 3/4 in. (160.7 x 98.4 cm) Overall with mounting: 9 ft. 6 5/8 in. × 46 3/8 in. (291.1 × 117.8 cm) Overall with knobs: 9 ft. 6 5/8 in. × 50 1/2 in. (291.1 × 128.3 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Oscar L. Tang Family and The Vincent Astor Foundation Gifts, 1998
Accession Number
1998.48
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite hanging scroll, titled *Bird Peddler*, hails from China's Ming dynasty (1368–1644), by an unidentified artist in the late th or early 16th century Rendered in ink and vibrant colors on silk luxurious medium prized for its luminous sheen and ability to hold fine details—the painting captures a lively street scene of a merchant hawking caged birds, accompanied by boys and men. Measuring over six feet tall, it unfolds as a grand vertical composition, ideal for display in a scholar's studio or elite home. In Ming China, a golden age of cultural refinement, such genre paintings cele...