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Ink painting on a horizontal scroll of a gnarled plum branch arching across the picture, with small pale blossoms and red seals on a tan background.

A Breath of Spring 春消息圖

A handscroll painting in ink on paper shows a long, arching plum branch crossing the picture from right to left, its gnarled dark trunk studded with pale, loosely brushed blossoms. Red seals sit at the upper left and along the left edge against a muted buff ground.

Artist
Zou Fulei 鄒復雷 (active mid-14th century)
Date
1360
Medium
Ink on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
4000 × 2235 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1360).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

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