Branch of Magnolia
Bada Shanren · Chinese, 1626-1705
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Branch of Magnolia, Bada Shanren (1681), Princeton University Art Museum. Via artnap.com
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This ink painting on paper shows a branch of magnolia with several swollen buds rendered in dark and grey ink washes, set against a pale ground. Columns of calligraphic inscription and a red seal appear in the upper left, and the branch extends diagonally across the lower half of the composition. The work is dated 1681 and attributed to Bada Shanren.
