Muted still life on brown silk: a tall jar with leaves and flowers, a shorter jar, a bowl of sprigs, and a red fruit, within a patterned border.

Still life with vase, jars, flowers and fruit on silk

Against a warm brown silk ground, a tall jar holds a spray of leaves and blossoms beside a second, shorter jar, with a bowl of sprigs and a red fruit resting nearby. Faint ink and muted color outline the still-life arrangement on a rectangular panel framed by patterned borders.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 1368-1644
Medium: Color on silk panel
Source: Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size: 1418 × 2240 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1644).
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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