Flowering Crab Apple
1500
Painting: 87 x 28.5 cm (34 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 238.5 x 52.5 cm (93 7/8 x 20 11/16 in.)
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Shen Zhou painted a broken branch (zhezhi 折枝) of crab apple, a fragment of nature rather than the full plant in its natural context. Shen uses calligraphic outlines in pure ink to depict the flower petals. The swift yet precise brushstrokes together with the slight S-shaped br...
Painting
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Terms
Culture
China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Technique
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Medium
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Genre
Painting
Department
Chinese Art
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