Willow and Magpie
Fachang Muqi (Chinese, 1220–1280)
1225–1275
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 60.4 x 30.9 cm (23 3/4 x 12 3/16 in.); Overall: 137.2 x 48.3 cm (54 x 19 in.)
- Genre
- painting
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
About
The<em> Willow and Magpie </em>is the product of a mindset that combines knowledgeable observation of birds in general and magpies in particular with an image-making process using a sophisticated ink technique to suggest the nature of the bird, the general characteristics of willow, and the visual effect of rain and mist. These are not trivial accomplishments but of equal importance with Southern Song period achievements in lyrical poetry or canal building.
