Artist: Lan Ying (1585-after 1664)

Date: Ming (1368-1644)

Dimensions: Height 163.9 cm, Width 62.3 cm

Material: Ink on silk

• Object Type：
  • PAINTINGS
• Location：
  • Chinese Painting Gallery
• Tag：
  • cotton rose bird hanging scroll lan ying ming ink silk

Lan Ying (1585-after 1664) is also known by his zi (designated name) Tianshu and his hao (literary name) Diesou. A native of Qiantang (present-day Hangzhou, Zhejiang province), Lan Ying was renowned for his paintings of landscape, figures, flowers and birds with free and vigorous brush strokes. This painting depicts a lakeside rock outlined in ink, while bamboo branches, autumn chrysanthemums, and cotton rose are painted in the xieyi (freehand) style behind the rocks. A small sparrow perches on a branch. This artist inscribed the work as homage to Ma Yuan's style. This is a rare surviving bird-and-flower painting in his works.