南宋 佚名 “三元得祿”圖扇頁, Gibbons Raiding an Egret's Nest, Unidentified Artist Chinese, Formerly Attributed to Yi Yuanji

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南宋 佚名 “三元得祿”圖扇頁, Gibbons Raiding an Egret's Nest, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), late 12th century, China, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk, Image: 9 1/2 in. × 9 in. ( × cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist Chinese, Formerly Attributed to Yi Yuanji (Chinese, died 1066), Taken literally, this painting is a dramatic vignette from nature, in which three gibbons raid an egret’s nest, capturing young birds as their mother circles above in anguish. Symbolically, the animals comprise a rebus, a visual pun in which a phrase is spelled out using pictures

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Size: 4374px × 4163px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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