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Three Entangled Sparrows amid Grass (Sesame) Seeds

Compiler (Chinese, ca. 1584 - 1674)
Additional Title(s)
  • Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu) 十竹齋書畫譜; volume 2 (Earth)
ClassificationsPRINTS
Date1633
DynastyMing dynasty
Mediumink and color on paper
Dimensionsbook: 9 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (24.8 x 28.6 cm.)
DescriptionOne page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf
InscribedHand-written inscription, right: Flower and Bird 18 (hua niao shiba) 花鳥十八
MarkingsSeal (白文)
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from June and Simon K.C Li, Fong Liu, Mei-Lee Ney, and Anne and Jim Rothenberg, in honor of Steven S. Koblik
Status
Not on view
Object number2014.7.2.76
Sparrow and Praying Mantis amid Grass
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
1633
Object number: 2014.7.2.80
Sparrow on Flowering Rose or Gardenia Branch
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
1633
Object number: 2014.7.2.46
Three Citrons on a wooden platter (three oranges/citrus, xiangyuan)
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
1633
Object number: 2014.7.2.106
Method of three leaves and one blossom 三葉一花式
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
1633
Object number: 2014.7.1.24
Colophon (Japanese)
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
1633
Object number: 2014.7.2.122
In the manner of Wang Wen’s orchid on rocks 臨王問石上蘭
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
1633
Object number: 2014.7.1.15
In the manner of Zhou Tianqiu's jian orchids 臨周天球建蘭
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
1633
Object number: 2014.7.1.30
In the manner of Sun Kehong’s orchids and rocks 臨孫克弘石上蘭
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
1633
Object number: 2014.7.1.20
Flowering Plum, Orchids, and Rock 幽人贈佩
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
1633
Object number: 2014.7.2.22
Calligraphy 幽人贈佩
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
1633
Object number: 2014.7.2.23
Flowering Plum Tree 疏(踈)景橫斜
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
1633
Object number: 2014.7.2.24