明 呂紀 鴛鴦芙蓉圖 軸, Mandarin ducks and cotton rose hibiscus, Lü Ji

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明 呂紀 鴛鴦芙蓉圖 軸, Mandarin ducks and cotton rose hibiscus, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), China, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 68 x 39 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Lü Ji (Chinese, active late 15th century), Lü Ji, a professional painter from Zhejiang Province, worked in the Southern Song (1127–1279) ink-wash style, which had remained popular in that region through the intervening centuries. He was summoned to be a court painter in the Hongzhi period (1488-1505) and was given an honorary title as an officer in the Imperial Guard

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