China, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) / 1347
Quails and Sparrows in an Autumn Scene
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Quails and Sparrows in an Autumn Scene as painting (China, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) · 1347).
Wang Yuan was from Qiantang, today’s Hangzhou in eastern China.
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The museum identifies this painting as hanging scroll, ink on paper and credits Wang Yuan (Chinese, c. 1299–after 1366).
The museum's collection notes: The flower-and-bird subjects here are depicted in a meticulous manner, echoing the academic tradition but translating the customarily colored images to plain monochrome. Fine ink lines combined with carefully graded washes define the contours and give subtle modeling to the natural forms. Wang Yuan excelled in flower-and-bird subjects as well as landscape and figure paintings. A child prodigy, he was instructed by the great Yuan master Zhao Mengfu at an early age.
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