Birds Gather under the Spring Willow 春柳聚禽圖
Yin Hong 殷宏 fin des années 1400 – début de 1500
Cartel
- Artiste
- Yin Hong
- Nom en chinois
- 殷宏
- Date
- fin des années 1400 – début de 1500
- Période
- Chine, dynastie des Ming (1368–1644)
- Format
- Rouleau suspendu (立軸)
- Technique
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Painting: 240 x 195.5 cm (94 1/2 x 76 15/16 in.); Overall with knobs: 280 x 204 cm (110 1/4 x 80 5/16 in.)
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Numéro d’inventaire
- 1974.31
- Provenance
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Ce qu'en dit le musée
This scroll depicts a spring scene with all kinds of birds, including one peacock with a hen among peonies. The painting is one of four surviving works by Yin Hong bearing his signature and seals. Some scholars debate whether this work depicts the theme “One Hundred Birds admiring the Phoenix,” a metaphor for human society presenting an idealized hierarchy under imperial rule; other scholars argue that peafowls, as exotic birds not native to China, would not be depicted to represent the emperor. This large painting might have been hung in a palace hall and may have been part of a set depicting the four seasons.
Notice de The Cleveland Museum of Art, fiche de l'œuvre.
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The peahen is plucking a dandelion.
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Inscriptions et sceaux
殷宏. [印]金臺世家
Artist's signature and seal: Yin Hong. [seal] Jin tai shi jia
Transcription et traduction : The Cleveland Museum of Art