明 徐敬 歲寒清白圖 軸, The Pure Whiteness of Winter, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 1441, China, Hanging scroll; ink on silk, Image: 58 7/8 x 30 in. (149.5 x 76.2 cm), Paintings, Xu Jing (Chinese, active first half 15th century), Flowering through snow and cold, plum blossoms are popular symbols of court beauties and of reclusion; as such, they embody romance, tears, lost loves, and the eternal return of springtime. Xu Jing entitled his painting The Pure Whiteness of Winter, partaking of a tradition of imagery in poetry and painting that goes back one thousand years
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明, 徐敬, 歲寒清白圬, 軸, Pure Whiteness, Winter, Ming dynasty, 1368–1644, dated 1441, China, Hanging scroll, ink, silk, Image, 58 7/8 x 30, 149.5 76.2 cm, Paintings, Xu Jing, Chinese, active first half 15th century, Flowering, snow, cold, plum blossoms, popular symbols, court beauties, reclusion, embody romance, tears, lost loves, eternal return, springtime, Jing entitled, painting, partaking, tradition, imagery, poetry, goes back, thousand years
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