C.Y. Woo Collection (Wu Zhongxiong 1899 - 1989)
Title
Creator
Wu Zhongxiong (1899-1989) Alternative Name: Chong Yung Woo
Preview
Production Date
1981
Date Source
Inscribed
Object/Work Type
Painting
Dimensions
31.0 x 23.5 cm
12.2 x 9.3 in
Materials and Techniques
Ink and color on paper
Current Location
Otterbein University
Genre
Bird and Flower
Classification Level
Painting, Chinese -- 20th c.
Description
Chinese ink and color painting. Depiction of birds, possibly yellow finches, sitting on thin tree branches. Halfway down the paper is a horizontal black branch with two green leaves and red berries at the left hand end of the branch. Bird perched on right hand end of that branch. Just above that bird is another bird, perched atop another branch, this one vertical with leaves and berries at both ends. Small Chinese seal with Chinese characters on right hand side of paper, about six centimeters above the bottom corner. Larger Chinese seal on left hand bottom corner of painting.
Transcribed Chinese Text:
仲熊
一九八一年
Translation:
Chong Yong
1981
Accession Number
2010.01.35
Recommended Citation
"Birds on Branches" (1981). C.Y. Woo Collection (Wu Zhongxiong 1899 - 1989). 44.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/woo/44
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