Bees and Camellias

Qi Baishi Chinese
Wang Xuetao Chinese

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Qi Baishi painted the camellias. Wang Xuetao, a member of the Beijing Painting Academy who had a reputation for painting insects as well as birds and flowers, added the bees, as noted in his inscription.

Bees and Camellias, Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864–1957), Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper, China

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