Bird on a Flowering Branch, 1100s. Creator: Unknown

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Bird on a Flowering Branch, 1100s. Creator: Unknown

Bird on a Flowering Branch, 1100s. A male redstart, a type of small bird, sits hunched on the branch of a flowering plum tree in early spring. The birds plumage is rendered in fine detail with a great naturalistic sense, characteristic of Southern Song court painting. While redstarts tend to spend the winter in warmer climates, they may have been seen during the mild winters in Chinas southeast in Hangzhou, the seat of the former imperial painting academy where this album leaf was presumably produced. The small square painting must have once been part of an album. When collected in Japan, it was mounted as a hanging scroll, presumably to fit it in an alcove to be enjoyed during the tea ceremony

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