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Wu Xizai Chinese
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The cool, declarative simplicity of this apricot branch, painted as a gift, is complemented by Wu's inscription:
I once saw a handscroll by Chen Laolien [Chen Hongshou, 1599–1652], which the painter said was done in the style of a Yuan master, and I have imitated it.
[Trans. adapted from Ellsworth et al., Later Chinese Painting]
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清 吳熙載 杏花 扇面
Title: Apricot
Artist:
Wu Xizai (Chinese, 1799–1870)
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Date: 19th century
Culture: China
Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper
Dimensions: 7 3/8 x 21 1/2 in. (18.7 x 54.6 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
Object Number: 1986.267.20
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