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Source Description
The lily nourishes the butterfly, just as mothers nourish sons. Perhaps this fan was given by Yun Bing to a friend hoping for the birth of a male child. She cut out and pasted down everything you see-including the calligraphy and the seals.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
15678
label
Lilies and Butterflies
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
15678
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Lilies and Butterflies
description
The lily nourishes the butterfly, just as mothers nourish sons. Perhaps this fan was given by Yun Bing to a friend hoping for the birth of a male child. She cut out and pasted down everything you see-including the calligraphy and the seals.
provenance
Cheng York-lam, prior to 1986 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Christie's, New York, June 3, 1987, no. 48; Walters Art Museum, 1987, by purchase.
date
1730
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
fans
paintings
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
16
height
45.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 5/16 x W: 17 15/16 in. (16 x 45.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
inscriptions
[Signature] LanLing Nushi Yun Bing; [Seal] Two seals of the artist; [Date]
dynasty
Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty
med
mounted fan, ink and color on cut-out and mounted paper
creator_ids
3474
collection_ids
CHN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
a78b35d2215b3a57
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
e1b68e63043fd33a
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no