Crabapple, China rose, and Indian flycatcher
1750
116.0 x 50.0 cm
shen quan (1682 – 1760)
Explore Shen Quan (1682-1760), a Qing Dynasty painter renowned for realistic bird & flower art, influential in Japanese Edo period aesthetics. His style reflects scientific treatises.
This sumptuous painting evokes a rebus, or multipart visual pun, that transforms it from a decorative image into one laden with meaning. The two long-tailed birds (shoudai niao 綬帶鳥) symbolize “double longevity” (shuangshou 雙壽), while the rose (yueji 月季) and crabapple (haitang 海棠) stand for “high hall” (gaotang 高堂), a respectful term for one’s parents. Taken together, the pictures encode a wish of “long life for your parents.”
O ovom umetničkom delu
- Naslov: Crabapple, China rose, and Indian flycatcher
- Umetnik: shen quan
- Godina: 1750
- Prvobitne dimenzije: 116.0 x 50.0 cm
- Format: Tall
- Status autorskih prava: Javno vlasništvo
- Intenzitet boje: Vivid
- Percepcija svetline: brilliant