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Autumn foliage and birds
Formerly attributed to Cui Bai (active mid- to late 11th century)
A magpie is perched atop a tree to which a few sparse autumn leaves still cling. Two songbirds sit on the thorns below. The composition of this unsigned painting is based on Song dynasty (906-1279) conventions, but on the whole it is too open and loosely organized to be an exact copy. The relatively tight, descriptive brushwork dates stylistically to the Yuan (1279-1368) or early Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
- Date
- 14th-15th century
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Ink and color on silk
- Department
- NMAA
- Institution
- National Museum of Asian Art
- Object number
- fsg_F1919.154
- Credit
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
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