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Egret and Lotus
Huang Shen, 1764
Huang Shen was one of the ‘eight eccentrics of Yangzhou’ (Yangzhou baguai), famous for his distinctive and highly personal painting style. Here he evidences his ability to capture the form of things. He rendered the heron and lotus very precisely and vividly with just a few swipes of his brush.
- Artwork typehanging scroll
- Object numberAK-RAK-1991-12
- Dimensionswidth 64.7 cm, height 330.0 cm x width 60.0 cm, diameter 33 mm, width 738 mm, height 7.5 cm x width 77 cm x depth 8.5 cm, diameter 52 mm