Swan and Cygnets

After Wu Yuanyu, 14th-15th century

By the Song dynasty (960-1280), the Chinese had perfected a pictorial art form called huaniao (flower-and-bird painting). Chinese artists combined a highly descriptive approach to rendering plants and animals with… · description from the collection

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Artist: After Wu Yuanyu ¹
Date: 14th-15th century ¹
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk ¹
Original: 1,180 × 1,920 px ¹
License: Public domain (Minneapolis Institute of Art)
Credit: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Gift of Miss Alice O'Brien

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