A Quatrain about Peonies
A hanging scroll shows pink and red peonies with pale blossoms in a blue-green patterned vase on a red stand. Vertical columns of black brush calligraphy fill the right and left, framed by a patterned border.
Look closer: A small seal-like signature of the poem's author appears in the lower left column.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1736–95
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; multicolor woodblock print on paper; blue and black printed in two shades, some colors partly applied by brush
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 1502 × 3400 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1795).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund