清 八大山人 （朱耷） 蓮塘戲禽圖 卷, Birds in a lotus pond, Bada Shanren, ca. 1690

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清, 八大山人, （朱耷）, 蓮塘戲禽圖, 卷, Birds in a lotus pond, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), ca. 1690, China, Handscroll; ink on satin, 10 3/4 x 80 3/4 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Bada Shanren (Zhu Da) (Chinese, 1626–1705), Focusing on a narrow band of the natural world, Birds in a Lotus Pond, datable stylistically to about 1690, shows the artist boldly experimenting with the highly absorbent medium of satin to create a daring composition of saturated ink lines and dots starkly set against a blank background

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