The Five Nobilities

Yu Feian Chinese

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The artist called this painting The Five Nobilities, a play on the fact that the word for “sparrow” (que 雀) sounds like the word for “noble rank” (jue 爵). According to the artist’s inscription, he copied the composition after a painting attributed to the Song dynasty emperor Huizong (1082–1135).

The Five Nobilities, Yu Feian (Chinese, 1888–1959), Fan; ink and color on paper, China

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