元/明 佚名 古木竹禽圖 團扇, Old Tree, Bamboo, and Birds, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), late 14th–early 15th century, China, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk, Image: 9 15/16 x 10 1/8 in. (25.2 x 25.7 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist Chinese, late 14th–early 15th century, Unsuspecting swallows weave among the bamboo while a preying hawk eyes them from the branch of an old tree. The unsentimental lesson to be learned from nature was that the strong prey upon the weak. The petty bureaucrat who abuses his authority is in turn the victim of the more powerful official
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元/明, 佚名, 古木竹禽圬 團扇, Old Tree, Bamboo, Birds, Ming dynasty, 1368–1644, late 14th–early 15th century, China, Fan mounted, album leaf, ink, color, silk, Image, 9 15/16 x 10 1/8, 25.2 25.7 cm, Paintings, Unidentified Artist Chinese, Unsuspecting swallows, weave, bamboo, preying hawk, eyes, branch, old tree, unsentimental lesson, learned, nature, strong prey, upon, weak, petty bureaucrat, abuses, authority, turn, victim, powerful official
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