Artist: Unknown

Date: Southern Song (1127-1279)

Dimensions: Height 25.4 cm, Width 25.9 cm

Material: Ink and colour on silk

• Object Type：
  • PAINTINGS
• Location：
  • Chinese Painting Gallery
• Tag：
  • autumn holly hock album leaf southern song ink and colour silk

This painting, without the signature or seal of the painter, realistically depicted the autumn holly hock. The painter captured four distinct stages of growth: full bloom, budding, flower buds, and fruit-bearing – each rendered with exquisite detail. A masterpiece of Southern Song dynasty lifelike painting, the work bears the collector's seal of Ming dynasty connoisseur Xiang Yuanbian.