Xian'e Changchun Album - Bamboo and morning glory

Item

Title
Xian'e Changchun Album - Bamboo and morning glory
Description
This album consists of sixteen leaves divided among blossoms of the four seasons and scattered with rocks, birds, insects, and other plants. The subjects appear to have been taken from scenes in the imperial gardens, and all of them appear to have been meticulously arranged. The placement of the main and subsidiary subjects is also rendered perfectly and the coloring is gorgeous, making this work a masterpiece synthesizing the best of Chinese and Western painting traditions.
Subject
Castiglione, Chinese painting, empirical collection, flower
Publisher
National Palace Museum
Date Created
between 1722 and 1735
Format
album leaf, ink, and colors on silk, height: 33.3 cm (13.1 in); width: 27.8 cm (10.9 in)
Identifier
故畫00122200012
Source
https://digitalarchive.npm.gov.tw/Painting/Content?pid=4965&Dept=P
Rights
NO COPYRIGHT, open data, the National Palace Museum has released images in the "Collection Database" and "Selected Image Downloads" sections for free and unlimited use.