清 徐祥 小鳥水仙 扇面, Birds and Narcissus, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), dated 1883, China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper, 7 1/4 x 21 in. (18.4 x 53.3 cm), Paintings, Xu Xiang (Chinese, 1850–1899), Xu Xiang was first a student of Qian Huian, but later studied with Ren Yi and adopted a freer brush technique. In this fan, the easy naturalism of the pair of birds, whose white markings are used like highlights, contrasts with the rather still flower cluster frontally depicted in outline technique
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清, 徐祥, 小鳥水仙, 扇面, Birds, Narcissus, Qing dynasty, 1644–1911, dated 1883, China, Folding fan mounted, album leaf, ink, color, alum paper, 7 1/4 x 21, 18.4 53.3 cm, Paintings, Xu Xiang, Chinese, 1850–1899, first, student, Qian Huian, later studied, Ren Yi, adopted, freer brush, technique, fan, easy naturalism, pair, birds, white markings, highlights, contrasts, flower cluster, frontally, depicted, outline technique
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