Composing Poetry in the Snow Amidst Blossoming Plum Trees Painted Using the Style of Muzi in Folding Fan Format, Liang Youwei, ink and color on silk

Composing Poetry in the Snow Amidst Blossoming Plum Trees Painted Using the Style of Muzi in Folding Fan Format

Liang Youwei

Qing dynasty (1644-1912)

  • Titles Composing Poetry in the Snow Amidst Blossoming Plum Trees Painted Using the Style of Muzi in Folding Fan Format (Proper)
  • Artist Liang Youwei, Chinese, died 1913
  • Medium ink and color on silk
  • Dimensions 7 1/8 × 19 7/8 in. (18.1 × 50.5 cm) mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase with funds from the Endowed Fund for Acquisitions and the Birmingham Asian Art Society, 1988.82.123
  • Work Type fan painting
  • Classification Paintings
  • On View

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