Peaches and Chrysanthemums, Ming dynasty hanging scroll

A hanging scroll painted in ink and color on brown silk shows peach branches with ripe fruit and leaves reaching in from the upper left and right. A gnarled trunk rises beside pale chrysanthemums clustered at the lower right, leaving a broad empty field of silk at center.

Artist

Formerly attributed to Wang Zhenpeng (傳)王振鵬 (ca. 1280-1329)

Date

1368-1644

Medium

Ink and color on silk

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

1253 × 2238 px

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