Orchids and Bamboo left of a pair, 1852, Tsubaki Chinzan, Japanese, 1801 - 1854, 41 3/8 x 103 1/2 x 5/8 in. ( x x cm) (panel), Ink on paper and gold leaf, Japan, 19th century, These screens use richly symbolic natural motifs—orchid and bamboo—to praise the character of scholar-officials like the artist Tsubaki Chinzan himself. The right screen illustrates a grotto of wild epidendrum orchids—small, unassuming plants that grow even in harsh conditions and send forth a marvelous fragrance, just as studious scholars succeed no matter the condition in which they might find themselves

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