Broad bean flowers and butterflies
A horizontal handscroll painting in ink and color on silk shows a flowering broad bean plant with clusters of white blossoms among green leaves. Two butterflies, one red and one orange-brown, drift over the gold-toned ground, with small pink flowers and low rocks at the base.
- Artist
- Formerly attributed to Ma Lin (active early to mid-13th century)
- Date
- 15th century
- Medium
- Ink and color on silk
- Source
- Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
- Size
- 4000 × 2245 px
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
Español: Flores de haba y mariposas
Una pintura horizontal tipo rollo en tinta y color sobre seda muestra una planta de haba en flor, con racimos de blancas flores entre hojas verdes. Dos mariposas, una roja y otra anaranjada, vuelan sobre el fondo dorado, con pequeñas flores rosadas y rocas bajas en la base.
Português: Flores de fava e borboletas
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