明 佚名 貍奴芭蕉圖 冊頁|Frolicking Kittens under a Banana Tree
Unidentified artist
15th century · Album leaf; ink and color on silk · Asian Art
Kittens in a garden setting was a favorite subject of Academy painters during the Song dynasty. Here, the young ones play while the mother watches. New banana plants and shoots, their leaves not yet unfurled, have just emerged, but a sprig of bamboo visible along the right-hand margin of the painting is still without its summer greenery.
- Artist
- Unidentified artist
- Date
- 15th century
- Medium
- Album leaf; ink and color on silk
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Edward Elliott Family Collection, Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1982
