Bird Chattering on a Blossoming Peach

Xie Zhiliu Chinese
Datable to 1947
Not on view
This tracing copy served as the model for a finished work that Xie executed and inscribed with a poem in 1947.

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  • 現代 謝稚柳 桃花鳴禽圖 軸
  • Title: Bird Chattering on a Blossoming Peach
  • Artist: Xie Zhiliu (Chinese, 1910–1997)
  • Date: Datable to 1947
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Drawing mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on tracing paper
  • Dimensions: 31 15/16 x 20 1/4 in. (81.2 x 51.4 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Sarah Shay, 2005
  • Object Number: 2005.411.212
  • Rights and Reproduction: Estate of Xie Zhiliu
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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