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Birds and flowers
1975

Medium
album: ink and watercolour on paper, 16 leaves, cardboard and silk cover, glued binding

Measurements
33.3 × 45.5 cm (image and sheet) (leaf) 33.5 × 23.0 × 2.0 cm (closed) 33.5 × 45.8 × 1.0 cm (open)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1975
© Estate of Ding Yanyong

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Inscription
(cover) inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) u.l.-u.c.: (title of album)
(cover) stamped in red ink l.l: (artist's seal)
(leaf 1.) inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) (in image) u.l.: (artist's signature)
stamped in red (in relief) (in image) c.l.: (artist's seal)
(leaf 2.) inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) (in image) l.r.: (artist's signature)
stamped in red ink (in image) l.r.: (artist's seal)
(leaf 3.) inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) (in image) c.r.: (artist's signature)
stamped in red ink (in image) l.r.: (artist's seal)
(leaf 4.) inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) (in image) u.r.: (artist's signature)
stamped in red ink (in image) c.r.: (artist's seal)
(leaf 5.) inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) (in image) u.l.: (artist's signature)
stamped in red ink (in image) l.l.: (artist's seal)
(leaf 6.) inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) (in image) c.l.: (artist's signature)
stamped in red ink (in image) l.l.: (artist's seal)
(leaf 7.) inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) (in image) ul.r.: (artist's signature)
stamped in red ink (in image) u.r.: (artist's seal)
(leaf 8.) inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) (in image) u.r.: (artist's signature)
stamped in red ink (in image) u.r.: (artist's seal)
(leaf 9.) inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) (in image) u.l.: (artist's signature)
stamped in red ink (in image) l.l.: (artist's seal)
(leaf 10.) inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) (in image) l.r.: (artist's signature)
stamped in red ink (in image) l.r.: (artist's seal)
(leaf 11.) inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) (in image) u.r.: (artist's signature)
stamped in red ink (in image) c.r.: (artist's seal)
(leaf 12.) inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) (in image) u.l.: (artist's signature)
stamped in red ink (in image) l.l: (artist's seal)
(leaf 13.) inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) (in image) c.l.: (artist's signature)
stamped in red ink (in image) l.l.: (artist's seal)
(leaf 14.) inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) (in image) c.l.: (artist's signature)
stamped in red ink (in image) l.l.: (artist's seal)
(leaf 15.) inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) (in image) u.r.: (artist's signature)
stamped in red ink (in image) u.r.: (artist's seal)
(leaf 16.) inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) (in image) u.l.: (artist's signature)
stamped in red ink (in image) l.l.: (artist's seal)

Accession Number
AS17-1975

Department
Asian Art

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Physical description
Album of sixteen leaves of birds, flowers, insects. Inscribed by artist, marked by archaic script seals.