MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | Chinese_-_Ducks_in_a_Lotus_Pond_-_Walters_3566.jpg (615x1800) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | commons.wikimedia.org | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: Chinese - Ducks in a Lotus Pond - Walters 3566.jpg The lotus flower has long been associated with Chinese notions of purity Growing from the muddy bottom of the pond the blossoms reveal a pure and radiant beauty The name of the flower he sounds like the Chinese word for harmony Paired with the male and female ducks these lotuses may have been painted to wish a couple harmony in their marriage century 17 18 ink and color on silk mounted on paper cm 123 1 43 1 accession number 35 66 37110 Panama-Pacific International Exposition China Pavilion San Francisco 1915 no 122 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1915 Signature Spurious signature of Liu Yizhi Liu I-chih; Seal Fain seal in red lower right place of origin China Walters Art Museum license 2D Chinese paintings in the Walters Art Museum Bird-and-flower paintings of China | ||||
