Swan and Cygnets, 14th-15th century, After Wu Yuanyu, Chinese, active 1080-1104, 62 x 35 1/2 in. ( x cm), Ink and color on silk, China, 14th-15th century, By the Song dynasty (960-1280), the Chinese had perfected a pictorial art form called huaniao (flower-and-bird painting). Chinese artists combined a highly descriptive approach to rendering plants and animals with themes that had psychological implications. Based on a composition by the 11th-century artist Wu Yuanyu, this carefully executed painting of a swan and cygnets forms a pair with another scroll of the same subject matter

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