元 佚名 蓮花圖 軸, Lotus and waterbirds, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), ca. 1300, China, Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk, Image (each): 55 3/4 x 26 3/4 in. (141.6 x 67.9 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist, active ca. 1300, Imported from India, the lotus—growing from the slime of a pond, its blossoms blooming unsullied—was linked to Buddhist images of purity and rebirth. By the thirteenth century, naturalistic depictions of lotus in different seasons also evoked the ephemeral nature of physical beauty
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元, 佚名, 蓮花圬, 軸, Lotus, waterbirds, Yuan dynasty, 1271–1368, ca, 1300, China, Pair, hanging scrolls, ink, color, silk, Image, 55 3/4 x 26 3/4, 141.6 67.9 cm, Paintings, Unidentified Artist, active ca., Imported, India, lotus—growing, slime, pond, blossoms blooming unsullied—, linked, Buddhist images, purity, rebirth, thirteenth century, naturalistic depictions, lotus, different seasons, evoked, ephemeral nature, physical beauty
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