南宋 馬麟 蘭花圖 冊頁 絹本, Orchids, Ma Lin, second quarter of the 13th century

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南宋 馬麟 蘭花圖 冊頁 絹本, Orchids, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), second quarter of the 13th century, China, Album leaf; ink and color on silk, Image: 10 7/16 x 8 7/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Ma Lin (Chinese, ca. 1180– after 1256), This exquisite representation of an orchid, signed by Ma Lin, son of Ma Yuan (act. ca. 1190-1225), exemplifies the style of formal realism favored by the aristocratic Southern Song court. The simple asymmetrical balance of flowers and leaves, meticulously rendered in subtle shades of lavender, white, and malachite green, bespeaks a consciously aestheticizing sensibility

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