Flowers and Rocks

Artist unknown

Here, the painter uses delicate brushwork and vivid colors to depict an early summer scene of three kinds of flowers growing beside a garden rock: From top to bottom we see flowering pomegranate, then peonies, and lilies below. Like the peony, which conveys wishes for wealth and prosperity, the pomegranate flower, here in festive red color turning soon into fruit with many seeds, is associated with the wish for many sons. The lily, in Chinese "<em>baihe,</em>" is a homophone with the pun "togetherness for a hundred years," expressing wishes for harmony and unity. The scroll would have made a suitable gift to married women.

Artwork details

Date: 1368–1644
Medium: hanging scroll; color on silk
Dimensions: Overall: 162.6 x 48.6 cm (64 x 19 1/8 in.)
Culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Collection: Chinese Art

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Rs. 1052

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