南宋 佚名 “三元得祿”圖扇頁, Gibbons Raiding an Egret's Nest, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), late 12th century, China, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk, Image: 9 1/2 in. × 9 in. (24.1 × 22.9 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist Chinese, Formerly Attributed to Yi Yuanji (Chinese, died 1066), Taken literally, this painting is a dramatic vignette from nature, in which three gibbons raid an egret’s nest, capturing young birds as their mother circles above in anguish. Symbolically, the animals comprise a rebus, a visual pun in which a phrase is spelled out using pictures
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南宋 佚名, 三元得祿, 圖扇頁, Gibbons Raiding, Egret, Nest, Southern Song dynasty, 1127–1279, late 12th century, China, Fan mounted, album leaf, ink, color, silk, Image, 9 1/2, 9, 24.1, 22.9 cm, Paintings, Unidentified Artist Chinese, Formerly Attributed to Yi Yuanji, Chinese, died, 1066, literally, painting, dramatic vignette, nature, three gibbons, raid, egret, nest, capturing young, birds, mother circles, anguish, Symbolically, animals comprise, rebus, visual pun, phrase, spelled out, using, pictures
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