Herbaceous Peony – (Yuan Jiang) ◄ voorgaand Volgende ►

Artist: Yuan Jiang

Trootte: 18 x 53 cm

Techniek: Gold Leaf

This peony fan shows the blending of literati and popular tastes in the period. Literati artists traditionally disdained a gold ground as vulgar, but Hu uses it to set off his image of the luscious peony, a flower with associations of wealth and seductive beauty.