Bamboo in a Spring Thunderstorm, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold-flecked paper, 6 13/16 x 19 5/8 in. (17.3 x 49.8 cm), Paintings, Tang Yin (Chinese, 1470–1524), A popular subject of scholar-artists, bamboo was admired for its supple strength: like the principled man, it bends without breaking. Here Tang Yin painted a variety of bamboo called phoenix tail; dense and feathery, it bends gracefully like the long plumage of a phoenix
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Bamboo, Spring Thunderstorm, Ming dynasty, 1368–1644, China, Folding fan mounted, album leaf, ink, gold-flecked paper, 6 13/16 x 19 5/8, 17.3 49.8 cm, Paintings, Tang Yin, Chinese, 1470–1524, popular, subject, scholar-artists, bamboo, admired, supple strength, principled man, bends, breaking, painted, variety, phoenix tail, dense, feathery, bends gracefully, long plumage, phoenix
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